Gurugram couple sexually assault 2 adopted children for months, send them back to shelter home

A Gurugram-based couple was booked for sexually exploiting two minor children they had adopted through a Kolkata-based organisation. The couple exploited the kids for nearly three months before sending them back to the adoption centre.

By India Today Web Desk: Two kids were sexually exploited by a couple in Gurugram who had adopted them from a Kolkata-based organisation. They exploited two minor siblings for over nearly three months before sending them back, said the police.

The incident came to the fore when the kids were sent for a medical examination. On November 29, a complaint was lodged in the matter by Deepak Sinha on behalf of the Indian Society for Rehabilitation at Rabindra Sarobar police station in Kolkata.

ADOPTED KIDS SEXUALLY EXPLOITED

The police booked Nitin Sharma and his wife, residents of Sector 10, Gurugram, who had adopted a 2-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother from Kolkata on March 30.

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As per the complaint, they left the children back in Kolkata on July 12. Before sending the two siblings back to the shelter home where they were staying prior to the adoption, their medical examination was conducted by a board of doctors.

In the medical examination, it was found that the children had been sexually exploited, Sinha alleged in the complaint.

ZERO FIR REGISTERED

The police registered a zero FIR at Rabindra Sarobar police station and the case file was sent to the Gurugram police.

Talking about the matter, Investigating Officer Sub-Inspector Mukesh Kumari said, "We are awaiting some information from the Kolkata police. The accused will be nabbed soon."

An FIR under sections 354 (molestation) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act was registered against the accused couple.

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