Nimisha's mother to move Supreme Court to bring her daughter back

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The mother of Nimisha Fathima, a Keralite woman who landed in jail in Afghanistan following the killing of her IS fighter husband in an attack there, told Kerala Kaumudi that she would approach the Supreme Court to bring her daughter back. In addition to the Nimisha, Sonia Sebastian, Merin Jacob, and Rafeela are also lodged in Afghanistan jail.

Bindhu, Nimisha's mother, was reacting to reports that the Central government was not interested in bringing back her daughter and the three other IS widows of Indian origin. She said that Nimisha should be brought back home and given a new life through government-led counseling. Bindhu obtained information about Nimisha through a journalist in India. "The journalist arrived in Kabul and spoke to her daughter. Nimisha told the journalist that she wanted to return home, "Bindhu said.

Nimisha Sampath was a Hindu before embracing Islam. She converted to Islam in September 2013 and changed her name to Fathima Isa while she was a final year student of Poinachi Century Dental College, Kasaragod. She married an alleged Islamic State (ISIS) operative from Kerala and both were reported missing, along with 19 others from the southern state in June 2016 before reaching an ISIS-controlled territory in Afghanistan.