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At least eight girls were found confined in a flat in Goa's Vasco city, where they were allegedly subjected to torture, including branding them with a hot knife, police said today.

The girls, all in the age group of six to 12 years, were also allegedly beaten up with a pipe by a 65-year-old woman who claimed to have adopted them, Vasco police station inspector Nolasco Raposo said.

The police had yesterday rescued the girls from the flat, located in the Baina locality of the city, with the help of an NGO and arrested the woman, identified as Venus Habib.

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MUMBAI: A single mother has moved the Bombay high court to challenge denial of a caste certificate to her adopted son by the collector's office.

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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Authorities have identified a woman found deceased inside a drainage area behind the vacant Kmart in West Valley City.

According to West Valley City Police, the deceased has been identified as 43-year-old Cami Shepherd.

Shepherd’s remains were found April 6 by a survey crew hired by the new owners of the property. The Kmart has been vacant for more than a year.

Police say there has been an active missing person investigation for Shepherd since February 2 of this year. Family reported to police at that time that while it was not uncommon for them not to hear from her for extended periods, they were worried about her well-being.

While the deceased has been positively identified, further examination is required to determine the cause of death.

1. Very unusual and unprecedented circumstances have given rise to filing of these two motions, and the complex issues arising there from are required to be answered not only by purely legal approach but with human considerations and bearing in mind welfare of two minor girls. The facts to be stated in hereafter would unfold the traumatic experience suffered by innocent people involved in this episode and would also highlight the precautions which must be taken before declaring a child as 'destitute' under the provisions of Bombay Children Act, 1948.

2. Jamnibai is a resident of Village Chulane in Bassein Taluka of Thane District, and she was residing there with her husband and two minor daughters Gulab and Laxmi. Both Jamnibai and her husband were working as labourers collecting fire-wood from the nearby forests. Gulab was born on January 12, 1975, while Laxmi on January 2, 1979. On March 19, 1980 Jamnibai with her husband left for work early in the morning leaving the two minor girls in the house along with their third child, a 12 year old boy. Jamnibai returned back from her work late in the evening and found that the two minor daughters were missing from the house. Jamnibai carried the search in the village and round about, but was unable to trace the two girls, and thereupon on the next day lodged missing report No. 10/80 with the Bassein Police Station. On March 20, 1980 at about 6.45 P.M. the two girls were found by a police constable attached to Gamdevi Police Station at Nanachowk, a place near Grant Road Railway Station in Central Bombay. The constable found the girls crying on the street and thereupon removed them to the police station at about 8 P.M. The girls were then sent to Remand Home at Dongari. On March 21, 1980 the two girls were produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate, Juvenile Court, Umerkhadi in accordance with Section 40 of the Bombay Children Act, 1948. The Magistrate directed that the girls should be kept in the Remand Home. The elder girl on being interviewed in the Remand Home stated that she hails from Bassein and the other girl was her sister. The elder girl also disclosed their names to the authorities of the Children Home. On March 27, 1980 the girls were shifted to Additional Observation Home at Mankhurd, Bombay. The photographs of the two girls were taken in Man-khurd Observation Home and on June 4, 1980 the girls were sent to Bassein to ascertain whether their parents could be traced. A report was made on the next date that it was not possible to trace the parents at Bassein.

3. In the meanwhile, Jamnibai with the assistance of D'Souza, a Social Worker in the village, inserted an advertisement in the local news-paper at Bassein about the missing girls, and also forwarded a letter to the District Superintendent of Police, Thane intimating about the missing of her two daughters.

4. From March 20, 1980, the date on which the girls were found by the constable of Gamdevi Police Station, both the girls were produced before the Juvenile Magistrate from time to time and were detained in the Observation Home at Mankhurd. On June 5, 1980, Mrs. Mrudula Rao, who is employed as a representative by the Family Association for Inter-country Adoption incorporated in Sweden, approached Juvenile Court for permission to ascertain whether any child in the Remand Home could be offered for foreign adoption and on permission being granted, selected Gulab and Laxmi for being considered to be given in foreign adoption. Mrs. Rao thereafter, as constituted attorney of one Lidrot of Sweden, filed Miscellaneous Petition No. 365 of 1980 for appointment as guardian of Gulab in accordance with provisions of Section 9 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Miscellaneous Petition No. 452 of 1980 was filed by Mrs. Rao on August 20, 1980, as constituted attorney of one Eriksson of Sweden for being appointed as guardian of Laxmi. The necessary documents in support of the claim in the two applications were filed. Miscellaneous Petition No. 365 of 1980 was dismissed by a single Judge of this Court on September 17, 1980 on the ground that Gulab and Laxmi were siblings and they should not be separated. Miscellaneous Petition No. 452 of 1980 was withdrawn on September 2, 1980. Prior to this date, on August 4, 1980 the Juvenile Court had passed order declaring both the girls to be destitute under Section 45 of the Bombay Children Act.

5. Mrs. Rao, as constituted attorney of Bengt Ingmar Eriksson of Sweden, filed Miscellaneous Petition No. 570 of 1980 on October 8, 1980 for appointment as guardian of both the minor girls with a view to eventual adoption. Mr. Eriksson and his wife filed requisite papers expressing their desire to adopt both the girls. Application made by the proposed guardian was supported by Social Welfare Committee of Skurup, Sweden, the place where Mr. Eriksson was residing with his wife. The proposed guardian also produced other requisite documents to substantiate the desirability of his appointment as guardian. In accordance with the Rules framed by this Court, a notice of this application was given to the representative of Indian Council of Social Welfare and on December 1.5, 1980 the Indian Council of Social Welfare filed their representation expressing some reservation about the proposed appointment. After considering the representation, a single Judge of this Court allowed the petition on December 17, 1980 and granted leave to remove the two girls to Sweden. In pursuance of the order passed by this Court. Mr. Eriksson furnished the requisite bond and thereafter an application was made to the Juvenile Court to hand over custody of the two girls. The custody was handed over on February 10,. 1981 and Mr. Eriksson with his wife and two girls reached Sweden on February 21, 1981. On February 26, 1981 the Juvenile Court disposed of the two cases in respect of the two girls and numbered as Case Nos. 859/J/80 and 860/J/80.

Mangaluru, Apr 18: Forty years ago on March 1, 1978, a baby girl barely 1.5 years old was found alone at Victoria Station, today known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Railway station in Mumbai. She was found by the police and taken to an observation home and later to an orphanage and eventually was adopted in 1979, by a Dutch couple from Netherlands. She was named Mirjam Bina, who grew up to have a good childhood, education, job and is happily married with two kids. Yet, there is a void in Mirjam who is yearning to know her origin and who her biological parents are.

Thanks to the advancement in science, Mirjam underwent a genetic test which revealed that her ancestry is Mangalurean Catholic. With this being the only clue or 'shot in the dark’, as she calls it, she hopes to trace her family.

On March 1, 2018, 40 years after she was found at Victoria Station, Mirjam put up a post on social media. She also contacted Daijiworld on advice from friends.

Mirjam shares her story with Daijiworld and says she is not sure if she was abandoned or lost and has no memories of early childhood as she was very young. However, she has always been interested to know about her roots and her biological family.

In the year 1998, Mirjam visited India for the first time after being adopted and visited Shree Manav Seva Sangh where she had stayed for a year before being adopted. However, the orphanage said they did not maintain any information pertaining to her biological family and Mirjam decided not to continue with the search.

HYDERABAD: A day after a woman trafficking children was arrested and a 10-day-old baby girl was rescued by RGI Airport police, five more persons, including kingpin Gangadhar Reddy, were arrested by Cyberabad police on Wednesday. Another infant was also rescued.

Briefing the media, deputy commissioner of police (Shamshabad) PV Padmaja said based on the confession of arrested Manga, Gangadhar Reddy, C Srinivas, T Shirisha Reddy, Sharada, and K Lakshmi were arrested from different areas in the city. During interrogation of Gangadhar, police came to know that he was a repeat offender and he was arrested earlier by Madannapet, Gandhinagar and Chatrinaka police for trafficking infants.

The prime accused, who had previously worked in a few fertility centers, used to interact with women going for IVF and surrogacy procedures. After quitting his job, Gangadhar became an agent and used to sell infants to issueless couples by procuring new-borns from poor families or those having many children or tribals. Till now, Gangadhar reportedly dealt with 12 infants. He claimed in six cases the adoption process was legal. “Three infants were rescued by Hyderabad police in the past, while now RGI Airport police rescued two infants. We are making efforts to rescue the third infant too,’’ Padmaja said.

Police said other five culprits used to search for parents willing to sell their infants or prospective buyers. Efforts are on to trace parents of rescued infants, who would be handed over to them only after DNA profiling.

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Marie was both on January 14, 1978, and was given up for adoption three months later.

Marie was both on January 14, 1978, and was given up for adoption three months later.

KOLKATA: Marie Kristiansen Eftestad, a hairdresser in Norway, has had just one dream — to reunite with her biological mother. Forty years back, Marie was adopted from this city and now she and her wife Monica are on a mission to trace her mother.

Marie’s adoption papers state her birth name as Pinky and have all the details of her biological mother, but the only hitch is that she was unmarried at the time and didn’t want her identity to be disclosed. In order to persuade her mother to have a change of heart, Marie has put up a post on her Facebook page. She hopes if her mother is alive, she or someone close to her will read it and help in their reunion.

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March 4 was a usual Sunday in the life of 27-year-old actor Preeti Sood, a resident of Versova Mumbai until a series of events turned it into perhaps one of the most dramatic days of her life.

It all began with a phone call. It was from a friend who had just had an appointment at the beauty parlour in the vicinity of Preeti’s house. She told her that there were two minor girls at a salon, who were accompanied by some men. The men were ‘barking orders at the salon staff’ to do their makeup. Even though the salon ladies kept reiterating that such minor girls (aged 7 and 11) did not need that kind of loud makeup, the men kept pushing for it.

It seemed suspicious.

Without wasting any time, Preeti rushed to the salon.

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Woman involved in trafficking of children has been arrested from Mumbai. She is on a 7-day remand. Child care centre operator Radhika Sahu was arrested from Mumbai on Friday by Hiranmagri police. She is now on a 7-day remand and will be investigated regarding trafficking of innocent kids. It may be noted that Radhika Sahu has been illegally operating a Child care centre in Sector 3 Hiranmagri.

Investigating officer had obtained production warrant from District Court for arresting Radhika Sahu. Radhika is on a remand until 22nd March. Operator of Child care centre, Radhika Sahu was arrested in Mumbai from restaurant by Meera Road Police, Mumbai. Along with her Puja, a resident from Mumbai, and Puja’s husband Ashish were also arrested. Reportedly Puja had handed over her infant to Radhika 2 months back since she did not want to keep her own child. As per a deal, Puja had sold her infant in 6 lakh rupees. She had asked for Radhika’s assistance in this matter since they both are friends with each other.

These two friends unknowingly went to settle the deal with a police officer in Mumbai and got trapped. Mumbai police arrested these ladies and sent them behind bars from where they were brought to Udaipur on Friday on transit warrant.

Upon getting information of child trafficking, Udaipur police had raided the Child care centre in Hiranmagri Sector 3 from where they found 2 kids who were kept illegally. As per information given to police, one of the child belonged to a woman in Sundervas and the other was from Jhadol. The woman from Sundervas pleaded helplessness in taking care of the child and handed the child to Child Helpline. Police is yet to find out details of parents of the other child who is from Jhadol. Details of this girl’s parents are known to Radhika Sahu. Until further information, both the children have been handed over to Child Welfare Committee.

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