Mumbai: After falling in trap, adoptive parents set up foundation to clean up system

Mumbai: After falling in trap, adoptive parents set up foundation to clean up system

TNN | Oct 26, 2020, 07.13 AM IST

Mumbai: After falling in trap, adoptive parents set up foundation to clean up system

MUMBAI: Delhi residents Abhinav Aggarwal and his wife, awaiting custody of their four-year-old son after a city civil court earlier this month declared them his adoptive parents, launched a foundation on Sunday to streamline the adoption system and create awareness.

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The couple is among six who in June last year were accused of buying children. Even as the criminal proceedings against the couple stand, they have set up the Yathartha Child Rights Foundation to clean up a system they claim to be victims of.

"There is a lot of misinformation and lack of awareness even among the legal community. We realised that there was a gap, which also resulted in us falling in the trap," Aggarwal said.

The couple said they adopted the boy in November 2016 through an intermediary. The prime accused is Bhagyashree Koli (26) from the city and Pawan Kumar Sharma from New Delhi.

After approaching the high court, couples who had adopted these children were allowed access to them.

Yatartha will move the judiciary for changes. "There are lakhs of children in orphanages but only a few thousand get adopted each year. The waiting period for adoption is at least a couple of years. Some take advantage of this and parents who really want a child, believe them," Aggarwal said.

The foundation will file a PIL in the SC after the child is back home. The procedure for custody will begin after the appeal period ends.