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Germany claims to be a child-just country and does the case of 27-month-old Ariha Shah trying to prove this? Or the laws for children’s justice have become too stringent to be feasible.
More than a year ago, the German authorities had separated this Indian toddler from her parents. India is still making efforts to reunite her with her mom and dad. In December, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had conveyed concerns over the baby to his German counterpart.
Toddler Ariha Shah was taken under German custody, saying that she was being harassed by her parents. The little girl, since then, has been living in foster care in Berlin. The family members of the child have been seeking her repatriation (ree) to India.
The family and volunteers have also started many petitions to save Ariha. The parents have even called for several protests in front of the German Embassy in New Delhi. “The paternal grandmother injured the baby by accident in September 2021. When the parents took her to hospital, they were accused of sexual assault and the baby was removed," contends one Change.org petition.
Now, the latest update on the case says that a court in Berlin's Pankow has denied the custody of 27-month-old Ariha Shah to her parents and handed her again over to Germany's Youth Welfare Office. Ariha has been in the custody of the office since September 2021.
The court granted Ariha's custody to the German state on Friday and dismissed the claim of her parents that the injury sustained by her was "accidental", India Today reported.
The court has in two judgments dated June 13, denied the custody of Ariha Shah to her biological parents -- Dhara and Bhavesh Shah.
