The delegation highlighted the trouble and instability faced by Ariha due to the frequent change of foster care mothers over a period of two and a half years. | Latest News India
In a strong statement on 28-month-old Ariha Shah, who has been in foster care in Germany since 2021, the centre said today that her cultural rights and rights as an Indian are being violated.
Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini, Shashi Tharoor, Mahua Moitra, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Priyanka Chaturvedi are among the MPs who have signed the letter sent to the German Ambassador.
Ariha Shah case: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has asked Germany to send back Ariha Shah, an Indian child being kept in foster care in Berlin for more than 20 months. The baby was taken away from her Indian parents when she was seven months old
Government said it was making all efforts to ensure the well being and protection of the rights of a 22-month-old girl in foster care in Germany, amid reports about her parents staging protests in Gujarat demanding her immediate repatriation.