Thiruvananthapuram: Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has ordered to bring back the child of Anupama S. Chandran, a woman who has been fighting to get back her child born out of wedlock, for a DNA test. The child will be brought to Kerala from Andhra Pradesh, where he is now living with his adopted parents.
The Thiruvananthapuram Family Court had stopped the adoption process of the child following a petition from Chandran. The Child Welfare Committee has ordered to bring the child back to Kerala within five days.
Chandran had raised allegations against her parents for kidnapping her baby, a one-year-old boy, soon after his birth and given in adoption through KSCCW without her consent a year ago. She has been on a relay strike demanding to get back her child. She had approached the Chief Minister and Police with her demand. The Child Welfare Committees' decision for a DNA test is based on her complaint.
The child would be brought to Kerala under the protection of the Special Juvenile Police Unit. Chandran said she would continue her protest, even after the child is brought back to Kerala, till the baby is handed over to her.
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The woman's allegations of forcible taking away of her new-born child by her father, a local CPI(M) leader, has triggered widespread political controversy in the state.
Her allegations against senior party leaders for not helping her in the issue had put the Marxist party leadership in a fix.
The Opposition Congress-UDF even took the issue to the state Assembly and termed it as one of the most heinous "honour crimes" reported in the state.
Meanwhile, the Thiruvananthapuram District Court considered the anticipatory bail petition of Chandran's father. The court had already given anticipatory bails to her mother, sister, and three others who are accused in the case.
(With agency inputs)
