Thiruvananthapuram Nov 24 PTI One year of waiting and weeks long tough legal battle protests and controversies came to an end as Anupama S Chandran finally held her baby boy in her arms soon after she stepped out of a court complex here along with her partner Ajith on a rainy Wednesday afternoon She got custody of the baby whom she last saw when the infant was three days old after a family court here this afternoon ordered that the child be handed over to his biological parents The child had been under the care and protection of his adoptive parents in Andhra Pradesh till last Sunday The development comes a day after the DNA tests on the baby Anupama and Ajith at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology RGCB established the couple as the parents of the child Emerging from the court complex the family travelled by car to the site of Anupamas protest these last few days in front of the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare KSCCW headquarters here I got my child He is in the car I am very happy now I wish to spend time with my child she told reporters When the court began its proceedings at 230 pm the Child Welfare Committee CWC submitted before it the results of the DNA test During the one-and-a-half hour long proceedings held in the chamber of the judge the baby who was in the custody of CWC at the Nirmala Sishu Bhavan was produced before the court following its directive The court then directed that the baby be medically examined and after completing all legal formalities ordered the CWC to hand over the child to his mother The court had posted the matter for November 30 but it preponed the hearing to Wednesday after the government pleader appealed to hand over the baby to its parents at the earliest Anupama 22 and her partner Ajith had been protesting in front of the KSCCW office at Thycaud here for some days demanding to get their child back The womans allegation that her child was forcibly taken away from her by her father a local CPIM leader triggered a political controversy following which the government had ordered a departmental probe into the incident Anupama had accused her parents of forcibly taking away her new-born child from her soon after its birth a year ago and alleged that though she had complained about it to police several times since April but they were reluctant to register a case against her family members However the Peroorkkada police here said a case was registered against six people -- her parents sister sisters husband and two of his fathers friends -- and that the delay occurred as they were awaiting legal opinion PTI HMP TGB APR APR

Thiruvananthapuram Nov 23 PTI Anupama Chandran and her husband Ajith are biological parents of a baby whose adoption sparked off a row in Kerala according to a DNA test report of the couple and the infant DNA tests on the baby and the couple conducted at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology RGCB yesterday have returned positive official sources said on Tuesday After being informed about the test result the couple went to the Nirmala Sishu Bhavan here under the Child Welfare Committee CWC to see the baby whom Anupama had last seen when he was just 3 days old When she came out of the child care home Anupama told reporters that she was happy her baby had been brought back but it was difficult for her to leave him there now after seeing him She also broke down while telling reporters that the child was fine and was being well looked after at the care home A visibly distressed and tearful Anupama then said that she will respond further after some time but as the reporters followed her to the vehicle she had arrived in she stopped and spoke to them again She said that she hoped the hearing in the Family Court would be advanced from the earlier date of November 30 and it would hopefully be taken up in the next couple of days Once the matter is taken up by the court I will get back my son soon she said Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan said the entire issue indicates that the CPIM in Kerala was obsolete He said the state government should clarify what action has been taken against those working in the CWC in connection with the alleged illegal abduction and adoption of Anupamas child What is going on in the Child Welfare Committee should be investigated as the adoption took place even as the mother was searching for her baby he said The one-year-old boy was in the foster care of a couple in Andhra Pradesh and was brought back here on Sunday On November 18 the CWC issued an order directing the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare KSCCW to bring the child back to Kerala A team led by KSCCW officials and comprising an escort of a Special Juvenile Police unit received the child from the adoptive parents in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday and brought him back to Kerala The team reached the Thiruvananthapuram airport on Sunday night Anupama 24 and her partner Ajith have been protesting in front of the KSCCW office at Thycaud here for some days demanding to get her baby back The womans allegation that her child was forcibly taken away from her by her father a local CPIM leader triggered a political controversy and the government had announced a departmental probe into the incident Anupama had accused her parents of forcibly taking away her new-born child 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 her family members However the Peroorkkada police here has said a case was registered against six people -- her parents sister sisters husband and two of his fathers friends -- and that the delay happened as they were awaiting legal opinion A family court last month stayed the adoption process of the child and directed the police to submit a detailed report on the matter in a sealed cover PTI HMP TGB HMP SS SS

Thiruvananthapuram Nov 22 PTI DNA tests on a baby whose adoption sparked off a row in Kerala and on a couple claiming to be its biological parents were conducted on Monday by the officials of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology RGCB here The infant was brought back to the State from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh late Sunday by a team of officials from the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare KSCCW The one-year-old boy who was in the foster care of a couple in Andhra Pradesh is suspected to be the child of Anupama S Chandran who has raised allegations against her parents for kidnapping the baby soon after its birth and giving him in adoption through the KSCCW without her consent a year ago This morning the RGCB officials collected the DNA sample from the infant who is currently under the care of the Child Welfare Committee CWC Anupama and her partner Ajith were called to the RGCB and their samples were also collected for the DNA analysis The officials said the result will be out by tomorrow Tuesday or the day after Anupama said but expressed concern over whether the samples of the child collected were hers or not She expressed displeasure over the decision of the CWC to collect the samples of the couple and the child separately forcing her to raise such allegations Meanwhile State Health Minister Veena George said the child was handed over to the foster parents after going through due procedure and since the infant was brought back as per the direction of the CWC the legal procedure needs to be followed The primary responsibility of the government is to protect the rights of the child The State government will not take any stand detrimental to the rights of Anupama the Minister told reporters On November 18 the CWC issued an order directing the KSCCW to bring the child back to Kerala A team led by KSCCW officials and comprising an escort of a Special Juvenile Police unit received the child from the adoptive parents in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday and brought him back to Kerala The team reached the Thiruvananthapuram airport on Sunday night The child has been handed over to a child care institution as directed by the CWC Anupama 24 and her partner Ajith are on a protest in front of the KSCCW office at Thycaud here for some days demanding to get her baby back The womans allegation that her child was forcibly taken away from her by her father a local CPIM leader triggered a political controversy and the government had announced a departmental probe into the incident Anupama had accused her parents of forcibly taking away her newborn child 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 her family members However the Peroorkkada police here has said a case was registered against six people -- her parents sister sisters husband and two of his fathers friends -- and that the delay happened as they were awaiting legal opinion A family court last month stayed the adoption process of the child and directed the police to submit a detailed report on the matter in a sealed cover PTI RRT NVG NVG

Thiruvananthapuram Nov 21 PTI The infant who is mired in a recent adoption controversy in Kerala was brought back to the state from Andhra Pradesh late on Sunday night by a team of officials from the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare KSCCWThe one-year-old boy who was in the foster care of a couple in Andhra Pradesh is suspected to be the child of Anupama S Chandran who has raised allegations against her parents for kidnapping her baby soon after his birth and giving him in adoption through the KSCCW without her consent a year agoThe Child welfare Committee CWC had on November 18 issued an order directing the KSCCW to bring the child back to KeralaA team led by KSCCW officials and comprising an escort of a Special Juvenile Police unit received the child from the adoptive parents in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday and brought him back to Kerala The team reached the Thiruvananthapuram airport on Sunday nightThe child has been handed over to a child care institution as directed by the CWCA DNA test would be carried out soon to identify his biological parents according to the CWC orderAnupama 24 and her partner Ajith are on a protest in front of the KSCCW office at Thycaud here for some days demanding to get her baby backThe womans allegation that her child was forcibly taken away from her by her father a local CPIM leader has triggered a political controversy in the stateThe government had announced a departmental probe into the incidentAnupama had accused her parents of forcibly taking away her newborn child 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 her family membersHowever the Peroorkkada police here has said a case was registered against six people -- her parents sister sisters husband and two of his fathers friends -- and that the delay happened as they were awaiting legal opinionA family court last month stayed the adoption process of the child and directed the police to submit a detailed report in the matter in a sealed cover PTI RRT RC