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| Nimisha and Bexin Vincent now go by the name Fathima and Eza respectively and the the couple is among the the 21 individuals from Kerala, who have fled to join ISIS, |
July 12, 2016, NewsCrunch
The story of Nimisha and Bexin Vincent, a Hindu-Christian couple, who converted to Islam and fled to to join ISIS has shocked Kerala.
Nimisha and Bexin Vincent now go by the name Fathima and Eza respectively and the the couple is among the the 21 individuals from Kerala, who have fled to join ISIS,
Nimisha's brother is an Army officer on deputation to NSG. Her father runs a restaurant in Thiruvananthapuram and her mother, Bindu Kumar, has been waging a valiant battle to get daughter back.
The last message Bindu Kumar received from Nimisha was on June 3. The message read “Mom’s sweet daughter going to bed, kisses.”
The message was a cruel culmination of the radical changes Bindu Kumar had seen in her daughter beginning last November, which she had tried to stall with the help of police and courts, but in vain.
Nimisha’s parents first realised something was amiss, when she stopped taking their calls last November. When Bindu Kumar went to the Kasargode dental college to check, Nimisha told her that she had converted to marry a 30-year-old man, Bexin Vincent, a Christian MBA graduate from Palakkad.
Bindu Kumar told Manorama that Nimisha's conversion and marriage happened in just four days and blames her seniors for radicalising her and facilitating her marriage.
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| Bindu Kumar: A Kerala mother's desperate struggle to get her radicalised Hindu daughter back |
Bindu Kumar then filed a habeous corpus petition at Kerala High court and the couple were brought to the court again. The court again what they had done was within their legal right.
The newly married couple shifted to Palakkad and after a few months of no contact, Nimisha started corresponding with her mother, She said she was happy and invited her to visit their home.
Bindu Kumar accepted the invitation and stayed for a few days in Palakkad. She reportedly told Nimisha's in-laws that she did not mind her changing her beliefs, but just wanted her daughter back.
A few days after that Bindu Kumar came to know that her daughter was pregnant.
Nimisha went to Thiruvananthapuram and stayed with her mother for a few days.
Bindu Kumar noticed significant changes in her, reports The Hindustan Times. Though pregnant, she did not consult doctors saying she had lost faith in modern medicine. She had also stopped watching TV and was always covered in burqa.
A few days later, Nimisha called her mother from Palakkad and said she was going to Sri Lanka where her husband and his brother ran a business. She also said she would not be able to call her for some time, but would be in touch through WhatsApp.
After WhatsApp messages stopped, Bindu Kumar met senior Kerala cops and alleges that there was no progress in the probe. Her frantic efforts to find her daughter took a nasty turn when she came to know that Nimisha and Bexin Vincent were those who had fled to join ISIS.
Nimisha's husband Bexin Vincent's brother, who had also converted to Islam, is among the 21 missing, along with his wife. Their parents have also filed a case with the Palakkad police over their missing sons.