The whereabouts of the slain jihadist Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was exposed by one of his various wives to the American forces, it has since emerged.

The New York Daily Report reported Tuesday that the slain terrorist leader's whereabouts were released by one of Al-Baghdadi's daughters. The girl, together with a man who was a courier for the extremist Muslim group, was arrested last week in Iraq.

According to the US tabloid, the wife said that her husband was in the northern Syrian village of Barisha. The US newspaper did not mention either the name of the informant.

Islam allows Muslims to have up to four marriages simultaneously and Al Baghdadi was no exception on the culture.

He was killed in Syria by US troops.

Meanwhile, Newsweek magazine reported that the leadership of the terrorist group was taken over by Iraqi Turk Abdullah Kardash, whose name is sometimes spelt Karshesh and is also known as Hadji Abdullah al-Afari.

According to recent reports, al-Baghdadi’s remains were transported to a US base in Iraq. Probably the dust of the slain ISIS boss will be scattered in the sea.