Born: May 10, 1984;

Place of Birth: Kerala, India;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Indian;

General Info:
Ijas Kallukettiya Purayil is a one-time dentist from Kerala’s Kasargod, is believed to be among the suicide attackers killed when his jihadist unit stormed a prison in Afghanistan‘s Jalalabad.

Purayil is known to be among the 22 Malayalis who had flown out of India to join Islamic State in 2016. They departed from Bengaluru, Hyderabad or Mumbai airports for Kuwait, Dubai, Muscat or Abu Dhabi from where they travelled to Afghanistan through Iran.

Purayil had fled to Afghanistan with his wife and child. Both are in the custody of the Afghan authorities. A red alert had been issued against Ijas in 2017.

Ijas and his brother Shihas left with their families at around the same time as their neighbours Hafees and Marvin Ismail, who too are believed to have joined the Islamic State terrorist group.