Maneka asks Indian Envoy in Spain to send abandoned girl back


New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS): Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday asked the Indian Ambassador in Spain to send back the adopted girl who was abandoned by her foster parents in the country.

She was reacting to a recent media report according to which a Spanish couple had abandoned the 13-year-old girl they adopted from an agency in Madhya Pradesh after they were allegedly deceived about her age.

The couple was reportedly told that the girl was seven-year-old at the time of adoption earlier this year.

"It is very unfortunate that the adopted girl has been abandoned in Spain. I have requested our Ambassador in Spain D. B. Venkatesh Varma to immediately send her back to India where we will ensure her rehabilitation and safe custody," the Minister said.

Gandhi also expressed her concern for the girl who is currently in foster care in some institution in Madrid and added that the Ministry is in the process of fixing the responsibility for the lapses which happened on the part of the Child Care Institution in Bhopal.

  

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  • Jenifer, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 29 2018

    Good that the girl will be back to her country of origin. So, will the Agency in Madhya Pradesh will be sent a notice to be closed for this error ? And those too where the inmates were abused/raped ?

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  • Clifford, Mangalore

    Wed, Aug 29 2018

    In India every street has its own rules.....
    In actual it depends on the political power of MP/MLA who is taking the oath to serve the people of this country.

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