How Could You? Hall of Shame-India-Doctor(Adoptive father) and Wife

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Guwathi, India, adoptive parents, “a doctor and his family’s domestic help were arrested in Guwahati on Saturday for allegedly physically abusing his adopted daughter, police said.

The arrests were made after photographs of the four-year-old girl tied to a pole on the terrace of their apartment went viral on social media on Friday.

The doctor’s wife, also a medical practitioner, has not appeared before the police so far. She instead made a video and uploaded it on social media, claiming that a conspiracy was hatched to “defame and destroy” her family.

The Assam Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) has taken cognizance of the matter and written to the civil and police administration to initiate enquiry and take action against the accused.

The girl has been taken by authorities for medical examination.

“After receiving information about the girl being tied to a pole, a team from Paltan Bazar police station went to their apartment and picked up the girl’s father and their domestic help on Friday evening. They were arrested on Sunday while the girl’s mother has still not appeared before us,” a police officer said.

He said the details of the adoption are also being looked into.

ASCPCR chairperson Sunita Changkakoti said the Commission has taken note of the matter and she has written to the Guwahati police commissioner and the Kamrup (Metro) deputy commissioner on Friday evening, seeking details about the incident.

She said the previous wife of the accused doctor had brought similar charges against him of abusing their child a few years back.

“We had looked into the matter but he had managed to evade punishment. We had set some guidelines for him to abide by, but he had failed to adhere to those too. We are looking into the current matter as well,” Changkakoti added.

Meanwhile, the arrested doctor’s wife, in a video uploaded on social media on Friday night, claimed a conspiracy was hatched to “defame and destroy” her family.

She maintained that the children’s caretakers or other people employed by the family may have conspired with others and are framing the parents.

The couple has a total of three children, all adopted, including the allegedly abused girl and her twin brothers.”

Assam: Parents, domestic help arrested for physically abusing adopted child
[East Mojo 5/7/23 by PTI]

“A doctor couple has been arrested in Guwahati for allegedly assaulting two children, including sexual abuse, whom they were claiming to be adopted kids, the police said on Sunday.

Three children, one boy and a girl aged around three years and another boy of about 11 years, were rescued from the residence of the doctor couple.

“After conducting medical examination, it was found that the girl suffered brutal physical abuse as well as sexual assault. The younger boy was also assaulted. The 11-year-old boy looks healthy and a medical examination is going on,” Guwahati Police Commissioner Diganta Barah told a press conference.

The police have slapped various sections of the IPC along with the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) against the doctor couple and their maid, who has also been arrested, Barah said.

The male doctor and his family’s maid were arrested in Guwahati on Saturday, while his psychiatrist wife, who is frequently seen in local TV channels’ talk shows on mental health, was caught on Sunday while trying to flee from the city, he added.

A local court remanded them to police custody for five days.

“They are being interrogated. We found that the children were not their own, but they are claiming them to be adopted,” the police commissioner said.”

Arrested doctor couple abused ‘adopted’ children sexually: Guwahati Police
[East Mojo 5/8/23 by PTI]

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