India has abandoned its fight to bring the children of an Indian couple living in Norway back home after they were taken into foster care last May.
Norwegian child services claimed the couple were failing to look after the toddlers, but this was dismissed as cultural differences by the parents and the Indian government.
India planned to send diplomats to Norway to secure custody of the youngsters, but these plans have now been shelved due to reports of “marital problems” between the couple.
“We would have carried on but unfortunately it’s become a personal matter between husband and wife,” said junior foreign minister Preneet Kaur in a BBC report. “We are going to watch the situation. We have done the best we could do,” Kaur added.
Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya lost custody of one-year-old Aishwariya and three-year-old Abhigyan last year, as the Stavanger Child Welfare Service deemed them to be at risk. Norway recently said that the children could be released to their uncle, allowing them to return to India, but this statement has now been retracted.
The case caused anger in India, with the government deciding they would intervene to bring the children back home so they could benefit from their own linguistic environment and culture.
@antara, By the way typing in capital letters all the way means either you’re 12yrs or you’re simple minded! Maybe both!?
PLEASE DO NOT MISLEAD PEOPLE BY TELLING LIES ALTHOUGH WE NOW KNOW THAT NORDICS ARE LIARS AND KIDNAPPERS, DONT MAKE IT MORE AND MORE OBVIOUS
EITHER NORWEGIANS ARE SPREADING FALSE NEWS OR ELSE THEY ARE PLAYING WITH INDIAN FEELINGS AND SENTIMENTS. Oystein-Norway – WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ANOTHER INDIAN FAMILY TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN ???? DOES THAT MEAN THE CHILDREN DEVOID OF THEIR CULTURE, LANGUAGE, FAMILY AND THEIR ROOT WILL GROW UP HAPPILY IN FOREIGN LAND AND FOREIGN HANDS !!!! HOW WE WISH TO DO THE SAME WITH SOME NORWEGIAN CHILDREN..
WE WANT OUR CHILDREN BACK BACK BACK
Totally wrong information, looks like a Norwegian national propaganda. We have the information that Indian Govt. in full swing to return back two young Indian citizen back home. Even our PM make it clear to the Norwegian PM at Seoul recently.
It was an other Indian family that had taken care of the children all the time.