Jagran correspondent, Gurugram. A case of admitting a newborn without permission in a private hospital in Gurugram has come to light. When the case was found suspicious, the private hospital operator informed the police. Police investigation and interrogation revealed that the child belonged to a 15-year-old rape victim and Asha Worker had brought the child to a private hospital.
There is a suspicion that this could be a case of child trafficking. At present the police station and the Child Welfare Committee are investigating the matter.
There was a complaint regarding the child being found without permission.
Dr. Shyam Singh, director of SS Hospital located at Basai Chowk, complained to the Sector 9A police station on Wednesday night that a child was found in the hospital without permission. The doctor made serious allegations against his partner and Asha worker. He said that there was no prior information about this and the circumstances seemed suspicious.
After which the police reached the spot and started investigation. Hospital records were examined. The Asha worker who had taken the child to the hospital was also interrogated. In this case, Sector 9A police station in-charge said that during the investigation of the case, it was found that the one-week-old newborn belonged to the 15-year-old rape victim.
In this matter, a case has already been registered under POCSO sections in Sector 10A police station. When information was taken from the girl and her family, they willingly informed about giving the child to the Asha worker. Said that the child had jaundice, so he was given to the Asha worker for admission.
Asha worker also gave the same information during police interrogation. After this, the child was handed back to the teenager late in the night. However, after this he was admitted to the civil hospital.
The matter is being investigated: CWC
In this case, it was told by the Child Welfare Committee that the girl had received information about having a child a few days ago. In this case the committee had recorded the statement of the girl. The girl and her family had expressed their desire not to raise the child and hand it over to the CWC. Then they were asked to complete the papers and handover the child.
Now a complete investigation will be conducted into the circumstances under which the child was given to the Asha worker.