A couple and their two sons were arrested in Chennai for reportedly sexually abusing their adopted 17-year-old daughter. A third son has also been booked, but he is absconding. The daughter had reported the abuse to her step-mother but the woman had ignored her.

Chennai Police arrested a man, his wife and their two sons on Tuesday, April 5, for sexually abusing their adopted 17-year-old daughter. Police have booked a third son in the case too, but he is absconding, according to a report by the Times of India.

The minor girl had been undergoing torture for the last two years, and even though she revealed the ordeal to her foster mother, the woman had ignored it. The foster father runs a lorry repair shed. His two sons are lorry and car drivers, and the third son runs a mobile phone service centre, said police.

The 17-year-old, who is now a college student, was adopted back in 2005 by the man and his wife as they did not have a daughter. Her biological parents had given her away as she was the youngest of four children and they struggled to raise all of them.

The survivor had met her biological siblings at a wedding four months ago. Later, she revealed to one of her brothers about the torture she was going through at her foster parents’ home. She had left her foster parents' house fearing they might harm her.

The accused have been identified as Ikrat alias Guddi (30), Renu (28), Moni Begum (30), Rekha (46), Yogesh (36) and Mohammad Saddan (50).

New Delhi: Six people including two employees of a Noida-based IVF clinic were arrested after police busted an adoption racket running illegally in the national capital.

According to the police, the IVF clinic employees used to sell babies to childless couples. The accused have been identified as Ikrat alias Guddi (30), Renu (28), Moni Begum (30), Rekha (46), Yogesh (36) and Mohammad Saddan (50), reported the Times of India.

“With the arrests, we have solved a case of illegal child trafficking. The kidnapped baby was safely recovered. We also seized Rs 5 lakhs from the suspects,” DCP (Rohini) Pranav Tayal was quoted as saying by TOI.

The incident came to light after police received a call about a newborn baby's kidnapping at around 3.30pm on April 1. When cops rushed to the spot, the child’s mother said she had been sleeping with the baby by her side but woke up to find him gone. A case was registered and police formed a team to trace the child.

The child rights commissions of West Bengal, Rajasthan and Punjab joined the DCPCR on Wednesday at a conference, appealing to the Centre to not notify the date of enforcement without restoring the cognisability of the offences.

Child rights panels of three states joined the Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) on Wednesday, appealing to the Union government to roll back an amendment in the Juvenile Justice Act that makes certain offences against children non-cognisable.

In 2021, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act-2015 was amended through Presidential assent. Among the amendments is a change in Section 86 (2) of the 2015 Act that says: “When an offence under this Act is punishable with imprisonment for a term of three years and above, but not more than seven years, then such an offence shall be cognisable, non-bailable and triable by a Magistrate of First class.” With the amendment, the offences of the said category shall be “non-cognisable and non-bailable”.

The date of enforcement of the amendment, however, has not been notified yet.

The child rights commissions of West Bengal, Rajasthan and Punjab joined the DCPCR on Wednesday at a conference, appealing to the Centre to not notify the date of enforcement without restoring the cognisability of the offences.

In a significant ruling, the Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court has held that if a woman adopts a child after the death of her husband, then the adopted child cannot claim any share in the properties owned by the dead father as he cannot be considered the child of the late father [Rajesh Pawar vs Parwatibai Bende].

CHENNAI: A 64-year-old man and his three sons have been booked for

sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl the man had adopted when she was

1-month-old, police said. The girl had been undergoing torture for the past

two years.

While the all-women police arrested the foster father, his two sons, and

Some cases have come to light following inquiries by child protection officials. A medical practitioner was involved in one case. For Sister Devarapalli, poverty is not the only cause. A campaign against orphanages and adoption centres run by Christian groups and foreign NGOs is also to blame.

Mumbai (AsiaNews) – Some women in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have been forced to sell their babies due to poverty, an issue highlighted today, World Health Day.

Child protection officers have raised the alarm, citing the involvement of criminal gangs in this kind of traffic, The Hindu newspaper reported recently.

Two cases came to light in Eluru and Mangalagiri in the past few days.

In one, a three-day-old baby boy was exchanged at a private hospital in Aswaraopet, a village on the Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border.

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The police have registered cases against three members of a family on the charge of illegal adoption of a child from Mumbai.

The Bekal police registered cases against Sheikh Ismail, 62, his daughter Shamima, 37, and their relative Suharabi, 43, under Section 80 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act for illegally adopting a 48-day-old child.

Child Welfare Officer P.A. Bindu said Sheikh Ismail had adopted the baby from Mumbai, as his daughter was childless. However, after the District Child Protection Unit received information on the matter, the child was taken into custody by the Child Welfare Committee and admitted to the foundling home at Palakkaunnu.

Ms. Bindu said how the family adopted the child had to be investigated.

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Children's Home Society and Lutheran Social Service say the organization has received many calls from folks inquiring about taking in Ukrainian children.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Reactions to what's happening in Ukraine from an adoption agency's point of view are not unique.

"During times of disaster and war and famine, there's a lot of people who have, like you said, good natured hearts, willingness to help out and are calling us to see if there's a need for adoption in terms of the children who are in the Ukraine," said Heidi Wiste, the president of Children's Home Society and the vice president of adoption for Lutheran Social Service.

Wiste said ever since war broke out in Ukraine, they've received calls.

"We see families really wanting to do well, wanting to reach out and wanting to help, and what we're asking right now is that families understand that there's a lot of steps that have to happen," Wiste explained. "We know children have been displaced from family members, possibly separated to seek safety and we want to make sure time allows for Ukraine to determine where the children are at, families, supporting reunification with family that exists over there."

On Feb. 24, Russia launched an unprovoked attack against Ukraine. Overnight, millions of Ukrainian families were forced to flee, many of them children. Adding to the complexity of a large-scale forced migration, many were separated from husbands and fathers who were required to stay to fight off Russian forces.

It immediately became apparent to the Ukrainian government and child protection experts that this scenario presented unprecedented risks for child abduction, exploitation and trafficking.

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As soon as Russia attacked, Ukrainian officials sought to protect children and families at risk of separation and abuse. Though they permitted the completion of a few pending intercountry adoptions, the government issued strong statements barring any new adoptions until the conflict was over. Respected child protection organizations including the National Council for Adoption, UNICEF, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Save the Children, and International Social Service issued statements agreeing that intercountry adoptions should not proceed now, except in unique cases.