Hundreds queue up to adopt ‘cute’ baby girl abandoned in garbage bin
The child has been sent to the state-run orphanage in Rampur, the only such facility in western UP
The child has been sent to the state-run orphanage in Rampur, the only such facility in western UP
RAMPUR: After seeing pictures of an adorable six-month-old abandoned baby girl, who was found in a garbage bin on Moradabad-Agra highway on Friday morning, hundreds of couples on Saturday approached police and the child welfare committee (CWC) with requests for adoption. Meanwhile, the local authorities have sent the baby to an orphanage and have said that they will first try to locate her biological parents. The abandoned child's pictures were published in most newspapers and her story was widely circulated on social media.
On Saturday morning, scores of couples queued up outside the office of child welfare committee in Moradabad. These included residents of Bhikanpur-Kulwada village who had spotted and rescued the baby a day earlier.
"The woman who first spotted the child and fetched milk for her has been missing her terribly. She even went to the local police station to check on the baby girl. We all are hoping and praying that her parents are found and she goes back home," said Mehraj Hussain, a resident of Bhikanpur-Kulwada village
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Officials said that for now, the child has been sent to the state-run orphanage in Rampur, the lone facility for abandoned children in Western UP. Speaking to TOI, Moradabad CWC president Gulzar Ahmed said, "The phones did not stop ringing throughout the day and the office was flooded with visitors, mostly childless couples. We have been telling couples that we cannot hand over the baby to anyone as first we will have to look for her biological parents and an advertisement will be given out in local papers for that."
"Even if her real parents are found, they will first have to undergo a DNA test before she is handed over to them. As of now, it appears that the child was either stolen or abducted and the people behind the crime abandoned her fearing police action. That's because the spot from where she was recovered connects UP to Rajasthan and MP," added Ahmed.
Another member of the child welfare committee, Vincent Ram said, "The baby's adoption will be allowed after two years if her real parents are not found."
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