Girl child born to couple who joined IS from Kasaragod

KANNUR: Amidst the mystery over 21 people who went missing after they allegedly joined the Islamic State (IS) a few months back, one of the couples from Kasaragod, who are among the missing lot, begot a girl child recently, said family sources.
According to family of Ijaz Rahman (34) from Kasaragod, his wife Rifaila (25) begot a girl child on September 6, and they got the message on Sunday night.This is the second child of the couple.
"According to the information we got, we guess the couple are somewhere in Afghanistan but we don't have any further detail," said the mother of Rahman. They have reported this at Chandera police station in Kasaragod.
Family sources said the mother and child are said to be healthy and fine. Among the 21 people who went missing after they allegedly got lured to the promise of being taken to the 'Caliphate', three women were pregnant at time of leaving their homes. One of them, identified as Nimisha alias Fathima, who married Palakkad native Eeza alias Bexin Vincient, had given birth to a baby recently.