Gurugram doctor, couple booked for illegal adoption of newborn

Following a local court’s directive, the Gurugram police on Tuesday booked a private doctor and a couple for the alleged illegal adoption of a newborn.

The doctor who runs a clinic in Sector 56 and mediated the adoption has been booked along with the couple under relevant Sections of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015.

In her complaint, the child’s biological mother alleged that the police didn’t register a case and misbehaved with them. She then moved court and it directed the police to register an FIR. According to the complainant, she was in a consensual live-in relationship and had gone to the accused doctor during her pregnancy. She and her partner wanted to put the child up for adoption through an NGO.

“At first, the doctor refused to help but then introduced us to the couple. In July 2019, I gave birth to a child and they took it without completing the legal adoption formalities. When I tried contacting the couple, they stopped taking my calls and the doctor refused to intervene. Following which, I went to the police but they did not register a case and asked me to go to the court,” the complainant said.

“A case has been registered against the trio,” said police spokesperson Subhash Boken. — OC

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