Imphal. April 25 NNN: Parents who are found involved in abandoning or trafficking their children will be penalized according to law, said G. Seitabati, director, Manipur social welfare department on Wednesday.
She stated this to media persons at Bal Bhavan, Khuman Lampak, Imphal on the sideline of the “Chakumba” ceremony of a six month old boy who was found abandoned at the traffic island near Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal six months ago.
The boy was abandoned right after his birth most probably because he was born with deformed fingers and toes on the right side.
The baby boy was rescued by officer-in-charge of Lamphel police station Ingocha and admitted at RIMS hospital where he stayed for more than a month.
The social welfare department, Manipur announced that the boy was adopted by the department from today, coinciding with his chakumba ceremony which is a ritual initiating him to semi solid and solid food.
The director of the social welfare department stated that in most cases parents are involved in the abandonment and trafficking of their child which she appealed should be stopped and parents should try to treat their disabled child and try to bring them up like other normal children.
Parents should not abandon their children just because they are born disabled or deformed, appealed Seitabati.
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