Avinash was adopted by U.S.-based family

It was an ecstatic reunion at a hotel in Sholinganallur when Nageshwar Rao and Abirami hugged their 22-year-old son Avinash, who was kidnapped in 1999 and later adopted by a U.S.-based couple.

“I’m happy they are doing well. I was overwhelmed when I saw them for the first time,” Mr. Avinash said speaking to The Hindu. “I enjoyed the food cooked by my birth mother. She cooks really well,” Mr. Avinash added.

“I owe a lot to the couple who adopted him and wish to meet them. He does not know Tamil. Our advocate S. Mohanavadivelan and his daughter have been translating,” Mr. Nageshwar said.

However, this is the result of arduous efforts since February 18, 1999, when Avinash, who was one and half years old, was kidnapped by an unidentified person while playing outside his house. He was sold to the Malayasian Social Service (MSS). He stayed there for a year before being adopted by the U.S. based couple.

I’m happy to have seen him after so many years and sad that he will have to go back.

Chennai: For Nageshwar Rao and Sivagami life took a turn for the worse when their son Subhash was kidnapped from them when he was just about three years old. They were one of the many victims of the illegal adoption facilitated by Malaysian Social Services (MSS) an orphanage which for years has been involved in the illegal adoption of underprivileged children to other countries.

Twenty years later, the couple has finally reunited with their son, now named Avinash. “I feel happy and sad at the same time. I’m happy to have seen him after so many years and sad that he will have to go back.”, father Rao says of their bitter-sweet reunion. Avinash was kidnapped by an auto-driver from their home in Pulianthope and sold to MSS, which in turn made big money giving the boy in adoption to a couple in the USA.

Recalling that unfortunate night Rao says, “our world collapsed when we realised he was gone. We searched for him everywhere.” The family then ran from pillar to post having filed a complaint with the Commissioner and Inspector General and finally, the case was taken over by the CBI.

“Even though the CBI traced his whereabouts, it was only in 2017 that we were put in touch with him”, says Rao.

??? Have you seen the child ....! ' - The father of a 20-year-old son who was abducted at the age of one and a half

I haven't gone to the 50-foot pipeline to get my samsara down. Someone tossed the green soil where the milk is not forgotten.

The boy, who went missing at the age of one and a half, has come to visit his parents 20 years later as a grown-up teenager. One such miracle happened in the life of Nageswara Rao and Sivakami, a resident of Puliyanthoppu, Chennai. We spoke to Nageswara.

“We can never forget the day when the child disappeared. On the 18th of February, 1999, Subhash went missing. That year, there was no water. Night will be 7 p.m. I haven't gone to the 50-foot pipeline to get my samsara down. Someone who has not forgotten its milky way, kakkatula lifted, wrapped the towel above. This is my brother. Look at the girl and tell my samsara. I knew I was in work, and I was running out of time. We are looking for over 400 people in the area. Point to point. We gave the police station compliant. Painfully. ”

Following him, Mohanavadivel, the lawyer who found the missing son, along with his parents, spoke.

Born as Subash, Avinash was barely a year-and-half-old when he was kidnapped from his residence. Twenty-years-later he has come back home to teary-eyed parents.

A teary-eyed Sivagami couldn’t take her eyes off Avinash, her youngest son who visited their residence at Pulianthope in Chennai on Wednesday. This was the first time she saw her son in 20 years, as he was abducted and sold to an orphanage that did illegal adoptions in 1999.

Loved by all in the locality, Avinash was welcomed with a traditional aarti. Relatives and neighbours gathered in the cramped house to get a glimpse of the boy who went missing in February 1999.

Born as Subash, Avinash was barely a year-and-half-old when he was kidnapped from his residence. An unidentified man kidnapped Avinash and sold him to the now-defunct Malaysian Social Service. The orphanage was later shut down after investigations revealed that it had facilitated illegal adoptions of more than 300 kids stolen from poor families to foreign couples.

Sivagami and her husband Nageshwar Rao relentlessly pursued the search for their son. They sold their house to finance the investigation and tracked down every rumour they heard. After several years, a CBI investigation in the case tracked down Avinash living with an American family. With the help of Advocate Mohanavadivel, the couple was able to realise their dream of meeting their son.

Link: of second video: 20 years after the kidnapped son - Interview

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"When my wife was standing in the water, the man had just taken off Subhash in a minute," said Nageshwara Rao, who lost his one-and-a-half-year-old son in 1999.

He described their search, claiming that all was searched and could not find the child on the evening of the power outage.

We are not trying to have a baby. We have done everything from seeking the help of the police and the court, to visiting many temples, ”he says.

Nageswara Rao - Sivakami couple lives in Puliyanthope, Chennai. They have two son and one daughter. Their last child, Subhashthan, was abducted in 1999.

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Police reported newborns resulting from unwanted pregnancies are up for sale on Facebook pages. According to police, some Facebook pages advertised babies to attract people wanting to “adopt” them.

BANGKOK – Thailand’s anti-human trafficking police have ordered an investigate a Facebook page offering adoption service. Offering to broker adoption for parents who cannot afford to raise their baby.

The Facebook page has since been shut down and anti-human trafficking police are investigating. Newborns resulting from unwanted pregnancies were posted on Facebook pages. Facebook pages advertised babies to attract people wanting to “adopt” them.

“This kind of trade is strictly prohibited as it violates anti-human trafficking and child protection laws.” Social Development and Human Security Minister Chuti Krairiksh said.

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Acknowledged as the youngest single man to adopt a child, Aditya Tiwari exposed the orphanage malpractices while sharing his struggle to adopt a child.

Acknowledged as the youngest single man to adopt a child in India, Indore based Aditya Tiwari exposed the orphanage malpractices while sharing his struggle to adopt a child. In 2016, he adopted Avnish who is a boy suffering from Down Syndrome. Recently he shared a post on ‘Humans of Bombay’, which is a Facebook page. The post highlights the struggle that finally led to Avnish’s adoption and the problems faced with the orphanage. His post also exposed all the malpractices that were executed by the orphanage.

"We just clicked"

The post was then circulated on Social media. Aditya's post touched the hearts of many and his struggle motivated people across the Internet as it spread a message of harmony and humanity. Aditya in his post told to Humans of Bombay that five years ago he had visited the orphanage, to distribute sweets on his father’s birthday. He recalled that Avnish was lying in a corner and nobody paid any attention to him. Avnish was only 5-months old when Aditya first saw him.

“I couldn't help myself, so I went and picked him up - he laughed, and we just clicked”.

The Commission has asked the country’s apex body on adoption, the Central Adoption Resource Authority, for data on children who are returned after adoption.

NEW DELHI: Worried at the rising instance of adopted children being surrendered, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has decided to carry out a fact- finding exercise to understand whether the problem lies in the regulations, implementation or with the adoptive parents.

The Commission has also asked the country’s apex body on adoption, the Central Adoption Resource Authority, for data on children who are returned after adoption.

There were about 4,000 in-country and inter-country adoptions of orphaned or surrendered children in India last year. Many of the children who were eventually returned had special needs.

“It has been decided to study such surrendering of children as such situations not only result in trauma to the children but also shake their faith in the institution of family,” a senior official in the NCPCR said.

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