Govt. apprises court of measures

Minister says steps being taken for child to be reunited with its mother

A day after the government ordered a department-level probe into a woman’s complaint of forcible separation from her child and seeking its return, the State Adoption Resource Agency filed a petition in court on her demand and to apprise the court of the departmental probe under way.

Minister for Women and Child Development Veena George told mediapersons on Saturday that the adoption procedures of the child thought to belong to Anupama S. Chandran were in the final stages at the family court at Vanchiyoor.

Following legal advice, the department decided to intervene before the final order was passed by the court, and the situation became even more complicated for Anupama.