Abandoned on road, differently-abled boy from Bihar adopted by US doctor couple
Bihar News: The couple from Washington in the US was on a tour of India when they came across 3-year-old Arjit from Danapur in Bihar. The couple completed the documentation process for adopting the child on Thursday.
Danapur (Bihar): A 3-year-old differently-abled boy, who was abandoned by his parents on a road during a chilling winter night three years ago, was adopted by a doctor couple from the United States recently.
The couple from Washington in the US was on a tour of India when they came across Arjit from Danapur in Bihar. The couple completed the documentation process for adopting the child on Thursday.
On Thursday, Danapur SDO Pradeep Kumar handed over the Arjit to the couple after verifying all the details and other legal proceedings.
Meanwhile, the American couple- Dr. Carlin Roy Miller and her husband Kathleen Shublian- has applied for Arjit’s passport to take him to his new home in Washington. The couple already has three children, including two sons and a daughter.
In 2019 December, someone left infant Arjit on the roadside in Patna. The child has a cleft lip and is suffering from congenital hand deformities. After the officials found the baby abandoned, he was sent to a private institute in Danapur for care. The concerned officials also tried to search for the child’s parents but failed. Then, the institution adopted the child.
Kumar said, "This is my first time after becoming an IS that I am working for the adoption of a child to the guests from abroad."
The couple from the US said, “We feel very happy that we adopted a child. We already have 3 children and now this will be our fourth child.”
Assistant Director of District Child Protection Unit Muzaffarpur, Uday Kumar said that the guests from Washington expressed their desire to adopt. “After the process was completed on Wednesday, the child was handed over to SDO Pradeep Kumar. There is a process for adopting any child and we should follow the procedure. Many people adopt a child found on the road which is not right,” he added.