Adoption requests pour in for Moradabad rape survivor’s baby

MORADABAD: Two days after a minor rape survivor gave birth to a baby boy in Meerut Medical College, adoption requests have poured in for the child.
While couples from across the region and Delhi have approached the Moradabad police with adoption requests, the family was not much happy with the proposal.
Senior sub-inspector Jyoti Singh said that couples from Bijnor, Moradabad and Delhi have called her with adoption requests.“A woman from Bijnor called me saying that they don’t have any children and wants to adopt. A businessman from Delhi also rang me up and said that they have three daughters and now want to adopt a boy.”
She added that the only a mother can decide if she wants to give her baby for adoption. “The minor is still in trauma and has undergone surgery while giving birth to the child, and we don’t want to put her in further stress.”
Meanwhile, the brother of the rape survivor retorting to the requests, said that nobody is bothered about the condition of his sister or the family. He told TOI, “All they want is the child and we are tired of all this now. The relatives of the accused Naresh Saxena are also mounting pressure on us to reach a compromise.”
Ravindra J Gaud, senior superintendent of police, said, “We will look into the grievances of the victim and the aggrieved family and take action as per law. Adequate police force have already deployed for the security of the 15-year-old rape survivor and her child. And decision regarding the future of the child can only be taken by the family.”
Earlier, on Saturday, the rape survivor had decided to use her infant as evidence in court to nail her rapist. SSP Gaud had said that now police would demand the POCSO court for the DNA test of the newborn.