Vadakara family fears the worst

Kozhikode: A family in Chorode, Vadakara, suspects links to its members in Islamic State (IS). One of the members of the joint family in ‘Grace’, Chorode, said on Saturday that the suspicion grew strong after the officials of Intelligence Bureau visited their house a year ago, in search of IT engineer Mansoor and wife Thasni.

Mansoor’s elder brother Ashraf said that the couple and their three children visited the ancestral house six months back for the first time after Mansoor left for Bahrain more than a decade ago. After the IB officials’ visit, the family had asked them to spare them and not to make telephone calls.

The family says that Mansoor had inclination towards extremists even at a young age and after reaching Bahrain also, he used to send messages saying that he was leaving for ‘Swarga rajyam’. After the family grew suspicious of the activities of Mansoor, he as well as the wife and children came back to Vadakara almost six months ago and settled all monetary transactions they had with friends and relatives. They had also sold their vehicles and left for Bahrain. Ashraf says the family has no connection with them after that.