Illegal adoption bid foiled in Bhubaneswar, police rescues minor girl

A three-year-old child was rescued by Bhubaneswar Police after she was sold to a family in Pipli by her father.
According to Dr Benudhar Senapati, Director Child Helpline, a mother living in the Jatni area has complained at Baragarh Police station, Bhubaneswar that her three year old daughter has been sold to a Muslim family Osid Mohamud and Mamtaj Begum of Pipli by her husband.
“Her husband has been living in the Baragarh Police Station area. Only four months back, he took the child from her mother. An illegal adoption deed is carried out between the father in a non-judicial paper in the court,” the Director said.
It also came to the notice of Childline that this illegal adoption has been planned and carried out by a Notary Public at Bhubaneswar Court with an affidavit.
“The notary is also instrumental in changing the name of the child and giving her a Muslim name. Even in the absence of the mother, he has done this affidavit in her name,” the Director said.
Senapati, Director of Child Helplines in Bhubaneshwar, stated that the child was placed in Subhadra Mahatab Seva Sadan by order of the Adll. CWC.
“As per the Juvenile Justice Act 2015, illegal adoption is punishable with three years of imprisonment and Rs 1 lakh fine under section 80,” he said.