The child has been handed over to the Child Care Institute as per the instructions of the CWC. (Representative)
Thiruvananthapuram:
The infant, embroiled in a recent adoption controversy in Kerala, was brought back to the state from Andhra Pradesh late Sunday night by a team of officials from the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare (KSCCW).
A one-year-old boy, who was in the care of a couple in Andhra Pradesh, is suspected to be the child of Anupama S Chandran, who has accused his parents of abducting and delivering their child soon after his birth. In adoption through KSCCW a year ago without her consent.
NS The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) on 18 November Issued an order directing KSCCW to bring the child back to Kerala.
A team led by KSCCW officials and an escort of a special juvenile police unit received the child from the adoptive parents in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday and brought him back to Kerala. The team reached Thiruvananthapuram airport on Sunday night.
The child has been handed over to the Child Care Institute as per the instructions of the CWC.
As per the CWC order, a DNA test will be done soon to identify his biological parents.
Anupama (24) and her partner Ajit have been staging a sit-in in front of the KSCCW office in Thycaud here for a few days, demanding the return of their child.
The woman alleges that her child was forcibly taken away from her by her father, a local CPI(M) leader, triggering a political controversy in the state.
The government had announced a departmental inquiry into the incident.
Anupama had accused her parents of forcibly snatching her newborn child from her soon after her birth a year ago and alleged that though she had complained to the police several times since April, they were not being treated by her family members. were reluctant to register a case against him.
However, Perurkkada police said a case had been registered against six persons – her parents, sister, sister’s husband and two friends of her father – and the delay was because they were waiting for a legal opinion.
A family court had last month stayed the adoption process of the child and directed the police to submit a detailed report in the matter in a sealed cover.
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