Baby kidnap case rocks Kerala Assembly UDF terms it honour crime
Thiruvananthapuram Oct 26 PTI The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday witnessed heated arguments and protests as the opposition UDF raised the issue of a ruling CPIM leader putting up his grand child for adoption without the knowledge of his daughter terming it as one of the most heinous honour crimes reported in the state Hitting hard at the Left government the Congress-led opposition alleged that the top leaders of the Marxist party and the entire government machinery were complicit in the crime and demanded a judicial probe into the incidentThey also questioned the present claim of the CPIM leadership that their stand was to get the mother her baby backIt was interesting to note that Revolutionary Marxist Party RMP leader and Vadakara legislator K K Rema an arch critic of the CPIM and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan sought notice for the adjournment motion on behalf of the opposition In her hard-hitting speech Rema alleged that the police and the State Council for Child Welfare who should have acted in accordance with the law had committed serious lapses in the case under the influence of the complainant Anupama S Chandrans father a local committee member of the CPIM Vijayan who holds the home portfolio could stand only with his head down in front of the mothers and children of the state she saidAnupama and her child are the victims of one of the most heinous honour crimes Kerala has ever witnessedIt was as an honour crime executed collectively by the entire state machinery she saidNot just to Anupama but they have shown cruelty also to the couple which adopted the child without knowing all the background she saidIt was a shock to know that all the government system were in complicit in the crime along with the family The child welfare committee should be dissolved and a judicial probe should be conducted into the incident Rema saidMeanwhile the opposition members trooped to the well of the House and protested alleging that Speaker M B Rajesh did not gave enough time for the woman leader to complete her speech Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan said though the actions of the state-run Council was mysterious in connection with the incident the government was trying to whitewash their crimes and protect them instead of punishing the wrongdoers The Marxist party and its government who were always waxing eloquent about progressive ideologies had adopted a reactionary stand in the issue and intervened in it in the way an extreme right wing group would do he further charged However State Minister for Health and Woman and Child Welfare Veena George rejected the demand of the opposition to discuss the matter in the House suspending all other proceedings Rubbishing the charges she said the state-run panel had put up the child for adoption after fulfilling all mandatory legal proceedings The court proceedings should be completed for Anupama to get her baby back she said adding that the infant should be with its mother if she is ready to look after it The 24-year-old Anupama had accused her parents of having taken away her newborn child forcibly from her soon after its birth a year ago and alleged that though she had complained about it to the police several times since April they were reluctant to register a case against the family members However Peroorkkada police here has said a case was registered earlier this week against six people including her parents sister and husband and fathers two friends and said the delay happened as they were awaiting legal opinion A family court here on Monday stayed the adoption process of the child and directed the police to submit a detailed report in a sealed cover The matter was posted for further hearing on November 1 PTI LGK ROH ROH
Thiruvananthapuram Oct 26 PTI The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday witnessed heated arguments and protests as the opposition UDF raised the issue of a ruling CPIM leader putting up his grand child for adoption without the knowledge of his daughter terming it as one of the most heinous honour crimes reported in the state Hitting hard at the Left government the Congress-led opposition alleged that the top leaders of the Marxist party and the entire government machinery were complicit in the crime and demanded a judicial probe into the incidentThey also questioned the present claim of the CPIM leadership that their stand was to get the mother her baby backIt was interesting to note that Revolutionary Marxist Party RMP leader and Vadakara legislator K K Rema an arch critic of the CPIM and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan sought notice for the adjournment motion on behalf of the opposition In her hard-hitting speech Rema alleged that the police and the State Council for Child Welfare who should have acted in accordance with the law had committed serious lapses in the case under the influence of the complainant Anupama S Chandrans father a local committee member of the CPIM Vijayan who holds the home portfolio could stand only with his head down in front of the mothers and children of the state she saidAnupama and her child are the victims of one of the most heinous honour crimes Kerala has ever witnessedIt was as an honour crime executed collectively by the entire state machinery she saidNot just to Anupama but they have shown cruelty also to the couple which adopted the child without knowing all the background she saidIt was a shock to know that all the government system were in complicit in the crime along with the family The child welfare committee should be dissolved and a judicial probe should be conducted into the incident Rema saidMeanwhile the opposition members trooped to the well of the House and protested alleging that Speaker M B Rajesh did not gave enough time for the woman leader to complete her speech Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan said though the actions of the state-run Council was mysterious in connection with the incident the government was trying to whitewash their crimes and protect them instead of punishing the wrongdoers The Marxist party and its government who were always waxing eloquent about progressive ideologies had adopted a reactionary stand in the issue and intervened in it in the way an extreme right wing group would do he further charged However State Minister for Health and Woman and Child Welfare Veena George rejected the demand of the opposition to discuss the matter in the House suspending all other proceedings Rubbishing the charges she said the state-run panel had put up the child for adoption after fulfilling all mandatory legal proceedings The court proceedings should be completed for Anupama to get her baby back she said adding that the infant should be with its mother if she is ready to look after it The 24-year-old Anupama had accused her parents of having taken away her newborn child forcibly from her soon after its birth a year ago and alleged that though she had complained about it to the police several times since April they were reluctant to register a case against the family members However Peroorkkada police here has said a case was registered earlier this week against six people including her parents sister and husband and fathers two friends and said the delay happened as they were awaiting legal opinion A family court here on Monday stayed the adoption process of the child and directed the police to submit a detailed report in a sealed cover The matter was posted for further hearing on November 1 PTI LGK ROH ROH
