An eight-month-old girl was found abandoned in a dustbin.
Hazaribag (Jharkhand):
A US-based couple has adopted an eight-month-old girl who was found abandoned in a dustbin in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh city in June 2023, a senior district official said on Friday.
On June 16 last year, some youths found the newborn crying and informed the district administration and Korra police station.
Hazaribagh Deputy Development Commissioner Prerena Dixit, along with Korra police station officer-in-charge Uttam Kumar Tiwari, recovered the baby and shifted her to the newborn ward of Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital, Hazaribagh.
Ms Dixit, who also served as the administrator of Sheikh Bihari Medical College and Hospital, directed the hospital superintendent and other doctors to take care of the child.
Upon full recovery, she was handed over to Hazaribagh’s child welfare department, Ms Dixit said.
Once the child fully recovered, the child welfare department informed higher authorities, including the Central Adoption Resource Authority, which issued the adoption notice through its portal.
Subsequently, Child Welfare Committee officials started searching for the biological parents of the abandoned child, but without success. According to the rules, anyone can adopt a child after 60 days of the notice being issued.
Now an American couple has agreed to adopt the child, who is currently eight months old.
After the rehabilitation of the child by the American couple on Thursday, Ms Dixit expressed satisfaction and thanked the couple for adopting the child.
