Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala (HB)

Karkala, Jan 7: A man who was finding it impossible to look after his two young children, volunteered to sell them off. This strange incident happened at Neere village near Bailoor in the taluk on Monday, January 6.

Anand, who belongs to Dalit community, offered to sell his two children for money. Based on reliable information they gathered, officials of the district child protection unit rushed to the spot. After questioning the father, they handed over his two children to Krishnanugraha Adoption Centre at Santhekatte Udupi in the interests of the safety of the children.

Anand from Neere had married five years back. His wife abandoned him and his children two years ago before going away. Anand is left to fend for his four and half year’s old son and three and half year-old daughter. Anand, who set up a small hut in government land, was looking after his children and aged mother. He earns livelihood by working as coolie. He found it very hard to raise the children. Therefore, he planned to sell them. The locals who came to know of this plan, alerted the child protection unit.

Official of the unit Sadananda Nayak, legal observer Prabhar Acharya, Neere Panchayat development officer Ankita Nauyak, gram panchayat members Hyder Ali and Premavathi Nayak, village accountant Vasant Jari, Ganesh, Sahil Shetty, Sunanda etc visited the spot, checked the facts and rehabilitated the children.