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| Abhigyan was traumatised, |
| Norway custody row: Abhigyan was traumatised, says uncle who met him
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| NORWAY
, 11-February-2012
2:19:55 AM |
| The uncle of the two Indian children who were taken away from their parents by the Norwegian Child Welfare Services met one of the children today.
The Norwegian Child Welfare Society had taken away the two children from their Non Resident Indian (NRI) parents, Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya. The Norwegian authorities had agreed to make the children's uncle Arunabhash Bhattacharya the formal custodian of three-year-old Abhigyan and one-year-old Aishwarya.
"Abhigyan was kept in good hands but he was traumatised. He was frightened, he was scared. When I saw him he just came and jumped on me," Mr Arunabhash said after meeting with three-year-old Abhigyan today. He hopes to meet one-year old Aishwarya soon.
After the Norway courts allow the children's custody to be passed to Mr Bhattacharya's brother Arunabhash, the latter will be able to return to India with the children. The legal procedures of handing over the children to the uncle, however, are taking time.
The decision of the court will be influenced by the recommendations of the Child Welfare Service, who say they have not reached a conclusion yet.
"We went to the court with a deep conviction that these children needed more than they had and we will make sure that they are well provided for now," Mr Gunnar Torsen, Head of Child Welfare Services, told NDTV.
He also commented on the coverage of the story by the Indian media and said that the authorities had not 'snatched' the children, but had followed due procedures.
Mr Torsen refused to divulge information on the Norwegian authority's strict stance on the matter.
Denying that cultural differences played a role in the authority's decision to take away the children from their parents, he said, "One thing I can say categorically is that the way they were being fed or where they were sleeping had nothing to do with our decision. I am sure any Indian would have taken the same position as I have."
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