Gurgaon couple who adopted, then returned 2 children booked for ‘sexual abuse’

According to police, a ‘prospective adoptive’ couple from Gurgaon adopted two minor siblings, a boy (4) and a girl (2), from an orphanage in Kolkata in March 2022.

The couple wrote to the Central government a few days ago, alleging that two girls had confided in counsellors that they had been abused along with other children in the shelter home.

The Madhya Pradesh Police are investigating an allegation by a California-based couple that two of the four children it adopted from a centre in Rewa were subjected to sexual abuse.

The couple had adopted four children, including three girls, through the Central Adoption Resources Authority (CARA) from a shelter home run by an NGO in Rewa in March. The couple wrote to the Central government a few days ago, alleging that two girls had confided in counsellors that they had been abused along with other children in the shelter home.

The adoption centre was shut down on Tuesday and the administration has shifted all the inmates to another shelter home in Satna. The children were sent to the shelter home in 2017 after their father died in a road accident and the mother after a tuberculosis infection.

Rewa SP Abid Khan said no case has been registered so far and police are trying to verify points mentioned in the complaint. He said the police wanted to talk to the alleged victims through video-conferencing. The couple was initially not ready but has now agreed to let the authorities speak to the children.

However, the director of the shelter home has denied the allegations. He said all stages of the adoption process, including medical examination and counselling, had been followed and the children handed over after court orders. He said the children were aged eight years or less and claimed they had received treatment for tuberculosis. He alleged the couple knew about the children’s medical history and was worried about its own three children getting a tuberculosis infection.

The shelter home has given all records to authorities. The director said the shelter home has a staff of 10 people.

“We are cooperating with the agencies. We will do everything to remove the stain on our reputation,” he said.

Two kids adopted from MP shelter home sexually abused: US couple

The couple had adopted four children, including three girls, through the Central Adoption Resources Authority (CARA) from a shelter home run by an NGO in Rewa in March.

The couple wrote to the Central government a few days ago, alleging that two girls had confided in counsellors that they had been abused along with other children in the shelter home.

The Madhya Pradesh Police are investigating an allegation by a California-based couple that two of the four children it adopted from a centre in Rewa were subjected to sexual abuse.

The couple had adopted four children, including three girls, through the Central Adoption Resources Authority (CARA) from a shelter home run by an NGO in Rewa in March. The couple wrote to the Central government a few days ago, alleging that two girls had confided in counsellors that they had been abused along with other children in the shelter home.

The adoption centre was shut down on Tuesday and the administration has shifted all the inmates to another shelter home in Satna. The children were sent to the shelter home in 2017 after their father died in a road accident and the mother after a tuberculosis infection.

Rewa SP Abid Khan said no case has been registered so far and police are trying to verify points mentioned in the complaint. He said the police wanted to talk to the alleged victims through video-conferencing. The couple was initially not ready but has now agreed to let the authorities speak to the children.

However, the director of the shelter home has denied the allegations. He said all stages of the adoption process, including medical examination and counselling, had been followed and the children handed over after court orders. He said the children were aged eight years or less and claimed they had received treatment for tuberculosis. He alleged the couple knew about the children’s medical history and was worried about its own three children getting a tuberculosis infection.

The shelter home has given all records to authorities. The director said the shelter home has a staff of 10 people.

“We are cooperating with the agencies. We will do everything to remove the stain on our reputation,” he said.