59 MPs write to German envoy asking to repatriate two-year-old Indian little one stranded in foster care

Express News Service

NEW DELHI:  Around 59 members of Parliament (from 19 political occasions) have written to the German Ambassador asking for the early repatriation of two-year-old Ariha Shah who has been beneath compelled German foster deal with over 20 months now.

The signatories embody Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini, Shashi Tharoor, Mahua Moitra, Dr Farooq Abdullah, and Priyanka Chaturvedi amongst others.

The letter addressed to German Ambassador, Dr Phillip Ackerman, reads that though they respect German authorized tips since there are no jail cases in opposition to the mom and father, the child must be repatriated to India.

“Baby Ariha was taken away from her parents in September 2021 when she was seven months old by Jugendamt, German Child Services. This was after the child had suffered an accident and was hospitalised. An initial investigation had begun on allegations of child sexual abuse but this was found baseless and the case was closed in February 2022 without any charges being levelled against the parents.”

“Following this, the child was shifted to specific teenager care after which moved to foster care. As Members of Parliament, we’ve now specific responsibility for the welfare of our residents. We request you to do irrespective of important to ship the child once more to India,’’ talked about the letter signed by Rajya Sabha MP Dr John Brittas on behalf of the alternative 58 MPs.

The German Ambassador shunned making any suggestions on the letter.

The mom and father (Jain practitioners) of the child have raised objections to what the child has been fed in foster care – which is reverse to their custom and beliefs.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), too has talked about that they have been persistently advocating for the return of Ariha Shah to India.

“The teenager is an Indian nationwide and was positioned inside the custody of Germany’s Youth Welfare Office on September twenty third, 2021. Our efforts have been guided by the best pursuits of the child, which we think about shall be completely realised solely when she is in her dwelling nation the place her sociocultural rights shall be safeguarded. Accordingly, we’ve now been requesting Germany to return the child to India. The Embassy has repeatedly requested German authorities to guarantee that Ariha’s connection collectively together with her cultural, religious and linguistic background should not be compromised and sought consular entry to the child along with cultural immersion on the Indian Cultural Centre in Berlin,’’ talked about MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

“Unfortunately, our requests on this regard for safeguarding Ariha’s nationwide and cultural identification have not been met,’’ Bagchi added.

India had raised this concern when German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, visited India.

NEW DELHI:  Around 59 members of Parliament (from 19 political occasions) have written to the German Ambassador asking for the early repatriation of two-year-old Ariha Shah who has been beneath compelled German foster deal with over 20 months now.

The signatories embody Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini, Shashi Tharoor, Mahua Moitra, Dr Farooq Abdullah, and Priyanka Chaturvedi amongst others.

The letter addressed to German Ambassador, Dr Phillip Ackerman, reads that though they respect German authorized tips since there are no jail cases in opposition to the mom and father, the child must be repatriated to India.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

“Baby Ariha was taken away from her parents in September 2021 when she was seven months old by Jugendamt, German Child Services. This was after the child had suffered an accident and was hospitalised. An initial investigation had begun on allegations of child sexual abuse but this was found baseless and the case was closed in February 2022 without any charges being levelled against the parents.”

“Following this, the child was shifted to specific teenager care after which moved to foster care. As Members of Parliament, we’ve now specific responsibility for the welfare of our residents. We request you to do irrespective of important to ship the child once more to India,’’ talked about the letter signed by Rajya Sabha MP Dr John Brittas on behalf of the alternative 58 MPs.

The German Ambassador shunned making any suggestions on the letter.

The mom and father (Jain practitioners) of the child have raised objections to what the child has been fed in foster care – which is reverse to their custom and beliefs.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), too has talked about that they have been persistently advocating for the return of Ariha Shah to India.

“The teenager is an Indian nationwide and was positioned inside the custody of Germany’s Youth Welfare Office on September twenty third, 2021. Our efforts have been guided by the best pursuits of the child, which we think about shall be completely realised solely when she is in her dwelling nation the place her sociocultural rights shall be safeguarded. Accordingly, we’ve now been requesting Germany to return the child to India. The Embassy has repeatedly requested German authorities to guarantee that Ariha’s connection collectively together with her cultural, religious and linguistic background should not be compromised and sought consular entry to the child along with cultural immersion on the Indian Cultural Centre in Berlin,’’ talked about MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

“Unfortunately, our requests on this regard for safeguarding Ariha’s nationwide and cultural identification have not been met,’’ Bagchi added.

India had raised this concern when German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, visited India.