Kerala: Jailed IS operative's mother expresses shock over govt's refusal to repatriate prisoner

Bindhu Sambath, mother of Nimisha Fatima became emotional after knowing the central government's decision not to repatriate the women from Afghanistan, despite the Afghan government expressed willingness to deport them to India.

Thiruvananthapuram:Bindhu Sambath, mother of Nimisha Fatima who joined IS in Afghanistan and later jailed, expressed her shock over the Indian government's refusal to repatriate the girl. Sambath became emotional after knowing the central government's decision not to repatriate the women from Afghanistan, despite the Afghan government expressed willingness to deport them to India.

Nimisha is one of the four women who have been jailed in Afghanistan for joining the terror organisation. "The Indian citizenship of Nimisha has not been lost. I want my daughter to be brought back to India and subject to legal procedures" Bindu said. She added that she is shocked about the central government's stance despite the Afghan government's willingness to deport her daughter.

"It is now known that the US army will withdraw from Afghanistan on September 11. Thus, it will become the stronghold of Taliban and my daughter will get killed," she expressed her fears.

Bindu said those who converted Nimisha are still doing their conversion processes and the government had not taken any action against them. She also said, she will meet Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan seeking the state government's intervention to bring back Nimisha Fathima to India.