India-born German to explore legal options in search for biological mother

“India-born German Chaya Maria Schupp was hopeful of meeting her biological mother thanks to the Karnataka High Court’s directive to the government in March 2013 to provide her all assistance in her long and arduous quest. A year down the line, she’s gradually losing hope.

Chaya now plans to pursue legal options again so that two institutions responsible for her alleged “kidnapping” are brought to book. The 37-year-old resident of Dieburg, 30km from Frankfurt in southern Germany, was adopted by a German couple when she was about 6 years old under suspicious circumstances. “I’d like to take legal action against the Nirmala Social Welfare Centre, Ullal, Selvam Raj Kennett of Kennett Hospital, Madurai and all other persons involved in my illegal adoption,” she said.

Chaya has sought assistance from local lawyer Dinesh Hegde Ulepady, who inspected her adoption documents at the Madurai Court on August 23 this year. In 1981, Selvam had filed an application in the Madurai District Court, seeking permission to send Chaya to Germany. In her application Selvam said Chaya, born on March 24, 1976 was abandoned when she was 10 months old in 1977. Chaya says she vividly remembers she was with her mother till 1981 in Ullal and suspects kidnapping. She alleges many children may have been taken away from their biological parents for adoption. “The reason for this adoption racket is money which I can see in my case too. My adoptive parents Wolfgang and Ingrid Schupp paid DM 5000 deutsche marks in 1981,” she said. ”

India-born German to explore legal options in search for biological mother
[Times of India 10/1/14 by Stanley Pinto]

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