Earlier, three members of the group were also killed in drone attacks.

Another youth from Kerala who, along with 20 persons, is suspected to have fled to Afghanistan last year to join the Islamic State (IS), was killed in a “drone strike,” a senior National Investigation Agency (NIA) official said. He was quoting a message recieved by the youth's father.

Mohammad Marwan, a resident of Kasaragod in Kerala, was among a group of women, men and children who made their way to the Khorasan province in Afghanistan via Iran to be a part of the IS- controlled territory.

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Earlier, three members of the group - Bestin Vincent, Mohammad Hafeezuddin and Murshid Mohammad - were also killed in drone attacks.

On Monday, Marwan’s father recieved a message from Ashfaq Majeed, who is in Afghanistan, that “Marwan has been killed in a drone strike and it has been a few days.”

The message was sent on 'Telegram', an encrypted message application.