Coimbatore woman held for cheating Chennai couple promising adoption

Coimbatore woman held for cheating Chennai couple promising adoption

A 34-year-old woman from Coimbatore was arrested for cheating a Chennai-based couple of ₹1.77 lakh by promising to help them adopt a child from an orphanage.

S. Sathiyaseela, a resident of Pachapalayam near Perur, was arrested based on a complaint lodged by a 34-year-old woman from Tiruvottiyur in Chennai.

The complainant stated that she and her husband, who got married 12 years ago, decided to adopt a child as they did not have one. She alleged that Sathiyaseela, who runs a stationery store at Ramanathapuram in Coimbatore, promised to arrange a female child and a male child from an orphanage in Chennai in September this year. 

The complainant claimed that she paid ₹1.77 lakh to Sathiyaseela for arranging the adoption. The couple later found out from the orphanage that such an adoption is illegal and it did not have any agreement with Sathiyaseela for the promised adoption.  

The complainant approached the Ramanathapuram police after Sathiyaseela refused to give the money. The police arrested her for offences under different Sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act on Saturday, October 10. She was remanded in judicial custody.