CID sleuths interrogating couples who bought babies from the racket. Though they can be charged with trafficking and take the babies away, the investigators are treading cautiously.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths were shocked to find out on Wednesday that one of the members of the recently busted baby sale racket sold a baby to her own maternal uncle for an amount of Rs 2 lakh.

Paramita Chatterjee, who was associated with Sree Krishna Nursing Home on College Street and arrested for her involvement in the racket, sold a baby a year-and-a-half old.

On Tuesday and Wednesday CID officers interrogated three couples from the city and outskirts, who bought babies from the recently busted racket, to find out how they were rearing the kids. The investigators are likely to continue the interrogation of more couple in the next few days.

Of the three couples questioned were the uncle of Chatterjee and his wife, a couple who live in Kalindi and another couple from the city.

From: Bernd.Martenczuk@ec.europa.eu [mailto:Bernd.Martenczuk@ec.europa.eu]

Sent: Montag, 5. Dezember 2016 22:22

To: arundohle@gmail.com

Subject: FW: Open Letter

Dear Mr Dohle,

Pressions diplomatiques

Parallèlement, à cette époque, le ministre Madrane et le ministre des Affaires étrangères Didier Reynders (MR) usent de tous les moyens diplomatiques pour forcer la venue des enfants en Belgique. Certaines familles commencent à perdre patiente et décident de ne plus payer.

C'est dans ce cadre que la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles effectue un versement de 27.000 euros à l'orphelinat via "son organisme d'adoption agréé", nous précise le cabinet. Des retours inquiétants leur parviennent du Congo et les enfants ne s'y trouveraient plus dans des conditions optimales.

Mais les pressions diplomatiques des deux ministres font leur effet et les onze enfants arrivent finalement en Belgique en novembre 2015. Mais entre-temps, le parquet fédéral lance une enquête sur la directrice de l'orphelinat, la fameuse J.M.L..

Trois dossiers sur onze posent problème: relance de l'enquête

Trafic d'orphelins congolais en Belgique: que s'est-il passé exactement?

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03-12-16

CID slaps murder charges on baby trafficking accused

Dwaipayan Ghosh | TNN | Dec 2, 2016, 08.36 AM IST

KOLKATA: The CID took a step closer to building a watertight case against the 20 alleged baby traffickers arrested so far -including four doctors -by slapping murder charges (IPC 302) on the accused. The fresh section was added on Thursday after the initial postmortem report of the remains of two babies, buried on the Machhlandapur NGO grounds, reached the agency headquarters at Bhawani Bhawan.

The findings hint that the babies might have been murdered about eight to 10 months ago. The move also came hours after CID arrested two Kolkata-based doctors for being involved in the scam.

The probe agency also slapped Section 88 of the Juvenile Justice Act that deals with negligence of caregivers who were employed at the two juvenile homes in Machhlandapur and Hanspukur, located in the two Parganas, respectively . Sources in CID said the prime reason behind slapping murder charges was to ensure that none of the accused could get bail.

Adoption racket gets messy as couples refuse to return babies

TNN | Dec 2, 2016, 05.55 AM IST

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MYSURU: The impulsive decision of educated childless couples from across Karnataka and Kerala to adopt childrenillegally, has landed them in trouble as Mysuru district police is considering action against them for human trade. The police uncovered an organized child trafficking racket recently.

Private adoption in India is a crime and there are instances where action has been initiated in the form of fines or punishment against parties involved in adoption without the sanctity of government agencies or the law courts.

From: Arun Dohle [mailto:arundohle@gmail.com]

Sent: Freitag, 2. Dezember 2016 15:14

To: frans.timmermans@ec.europa.eu

Subject: Re: Open Letter

Dear First Vice-President Frans Timmermans.

KOLKATA: The West Bengal Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has asked the CID to trace the mothers of babies rescued after the child trafficking racket was busted earlier this month to secure a more assured future for them.Speaking to TOI, WBCPCR chairperson Ananya Chatterjee said it was urgent for investigators to find the mothers so that the Child Welfare Committee

“The babies that have been rescued are all less than a year old. Since the kingpins of the racket have already been arrested, interrogation should lead to the mothers. That is crucial to first find out if the mother had abandoned the child or she was tricked into believing the child had died during delivery . If she is an unwed mother and does not wish to take the baby , she has to formally surrender the baby . On ly then can CWC go ahead with the adoption procedure,“ said Chatterjee.

The CID said it had already begun work to trace the biological parents, beginning with a case that dates back to 2014 in which a woman had been handed the dead body of a child that appeared much older than a newborn. The woman has now approached the CID and expressed her suspicion that a two-year-old baby that Ujjala Byapari, an employee of the Machlandapur NGO under scanner, claims to have adopted is her son. The birth certificate produced by Byapari has already turned out to be fake. CID has also been approached by another woman who believes her baby was trafficked while she was told that it was stillborn.

With the kids having already passed through hell, Chatterjee felt it was in the child ren's interest that cops traced the mothers at the earliest. Time is also important because the adoption procedure itself is long-drawn and could even take a couple of years.

To avoid legal complication, all the babies will undergo DNA profiling so that samples are matched with either the women who are traced by cops or those that step forward to claim a child. With the laboratories capable of DNA profi ling already burdened with work, the cross-matching may take up to a year or more. CID sources said that they have spoken to the Gujarat FSL and Hyderabad FSL to undertake the DNA profiling as soon as the babies are healthy .

Dear Ana,

Yesterday Arun Dohle spoke briefly to Frans Timmermans about the letter you sent him.

I thought it might interest you that he claims not to be aware...

Best wishes,

Roelie

Four raids in investigation into trade in Congolese orphans

THU 01/12/2016 11:40

date of the article Thu 12/01/2016

Floor Bruggeman - Update - Thu 01/12/2016 16:02

In an investigation into the trade in Congolese orphans the Federal Police this morning carried out four raids, three in Brussels and one in Liege. Earlier in the investigation, a woman was taken into custody. She is seen as the key figure.