In the wake of the order issued by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Burdwan to hand over custody of Abhigyan and Aishwarya to their mother Sagarika Chakraborty, their father Anurup Bhattacharya said on Saturday that he will move court against the CWC order.
“The order has raised many questions,” Mr. Bhattacharya told The Hindu over telephone from Norway.
The children remain in the Kulti residence of the Bhattacharya family in the State’s Bardhaman district as Mr. Bhattacharya’s brother, Dr. Arunabhash Bhattacharya, was appointed the children’s “primary caretaker” according to an agreement signed by the couple in March this year.
The Bhattacharya family has alleged “bias” on the part of the CWC, Burdwan in the manner in which the November 8 order handing over the children’s custody to Ms. Chakraborty has been issued. Certain irregularities, regarding the procedure of issuing the order, have also come to light.
While the Bhattacharya family maintains that the agreement appointing Dr. Bhattacharya as the children’s guardian, signed in Norway in the presence of an official of the Indian Embassy there is inviolable, Ms. Chakraborty has said now that the children are back in India, it is the CWC that is the competent authority to decide on their welfare and on whether they should stay in foster care.
She has pointed out that the agreement, which states that it “should be governed by the relevant laws of India as mentioned in note from the Embassy of India” itself ensure that the CWC has the power to act.
Keywords: Child Welfare Committee, Sagarika Chakraborty, Abhigyan, Aishwarya
to dharavis: did you realize that the video was recorded without the consent of the party filmed and it's a violation of privacy ? why was it done and why was it posted online ? why are there no similar videos depicting their interaction with other people, say their paternal grandparents, when these two kids saw them the first time ? if you hadnt seen your mother since you were 4 months old would you have been able to recognise her if you again met her at nearly 2 yrs of age ? have you seen any videos of the children with their mother befor the Norwegians intervened ? the mother in this case may have her flaws but the other party is not 100% clear either. if she is neither criminal nor insane, why should she be deprived of her children ? and, if she is indeed so horrible, that mr . bhattacharya has to go to court to prevent the reunion of his children with their mother, why did he have not one, but two children with her ?
Mr Anurup is doing the right thing. The dictation is always coming
form his wife's side. A mother who had been separted from her children
for such a long time and pining for them would have shed all
inhibitions and prejudices and tried to reconcile with her in-laws
(who were eager to have her on board)to reach an amicable solution if
not for anything at least for happiness of the children. But she chose
otherwise, shouting, pulling down the agreement, engaging into blame
game and all kinds of nasty game. She used facebook to gain sympathy
by putting up all trash posts. How could a mother be involved in such
mud-slinging when after such a long fight she got her babies back to
India . Anurup on the other hand revolted only when provoked. I dont
know who is going to win this war but for sure the children are the
worst sufferers. Just saw a visitation video where the children were
desparately rejecting their mother but CWC is forcing her on them .
WHY ?
From the whole Bhattacharya family drama, it is evident that in the
battle of parents, the childhood of their young ones have been put at
stake. First in Norway and now in India, this issue doesn't seem to
settle very soon. May the parents have some sense of responsibility
towards their children and act for the welfare of them!
Mr Anurup seems to be always acts against the interest of the family. He is deliberately against his wife, wants to reduce her freedom and rights to as little as possible.. He was the one who led the public to believe that his wife has psychological problems. Its time to show him what the consequences of his behavior are.
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