Mahatma Gandhi's The Story of My Experiments with Truth and APJ Abdul Kalam's Forge Your Future are among the five books alleged ISIS recruit Areeb Majeed reportedly wants to read in jail.
The engineering student from Kalyan in Maharashtra told a special court on Wednesday that he also wanted books on construction management, structural analysis and railway engineering, reported The Indian Express.
Majeed, who returned from the warzone of Syria some time ago, is under judicial custody in Arthur Road jail in Mumbai.
Areeb was allowed by the court to take a Quran, given to him by his family, to the jail. He kept the holy book clasped to his chest he was taken back to jail, said the report.
Asked to indentify 50 photos
Majeed has told the court that jail authorities asked him to indentify 50 photos of foreigners, said the report. His lawyer said it was against the rules.
"On Monday (January 12), after he met his family, three jailors showed him 50 passport size photographs of foreigners, outside his barracks. They asked him, do you know this person, do you know that person," lawyer Wahab Khan was quoted as telling the court by The Indian Express.
He said jail officials cannot interrogate his client for more than 10 minutes without court's permission.
His custody has been extended till January 28.
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