Waving the Indian national flag and holding banners reading “Modiji Save Ariha!” and “Ariha is […]The baby was placed in the custody of Germany's Youth Welfare Office of the. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has urged. A district court in Pankow, Germany, has in two judgments dated June 13, denied the custody of Ariha Shah — the 28-month-old — to her biological parents and handed her over to the Jugendamt. 55%. Ariha Shah was taken from her Indian parents by German authorities in Berlin in September 2021 when she was seven months old. The fact that i didnt even knew that those books existed before joining this sub. Watch this video for more. Officials said MEA and the Embassy of India in Berlin have been persistently advocating for Ariha’s return to India. FP Explainers June 02, 2023 20:36:05 IST. India on Friday urged the German authorities to return Ariha Shah, an Indian toddler who is stranded in foster care in Germany, to her home country where her “socio-cultural. Ariha Shah was placed in the custody of Germany's Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) on September 23, 2021, when. Addressing a press conference in Mumbai on March 09, Dhara Shah, mother of baby Ariha Shah pleaded that they are not getting a fair trial in Germany and so they appealed to PM. r/IndiaSpeaks • 6 min. New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Rajya Sabha member and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Wednesday urged the Centre to bring back Indian baby girl Ariha Shah who has been living in a foster care in Berlin, Germany for around two years. The court emphasised that the 'best interests of the child are at risk'. Last week, a German court denied Ariha’s custody to her parents; instead, handed over. India urged Germany to send back Ariha Shah, a 2-year-old Indian girl who has been in its foster case system for more than 20 months 29. Calling it a matter of concern, Jaishankar said that the Indian Embassy is pursuing it with the German authorities. Ariha Shah is a 14-month-old baby girl who was taken away from her biological Indian parents in September 2021 by German Foster care authorities. Alizeh Shah. The community called for repatriation of Ariha Shah who has been living in foster care since September 23, 2021 after the German authorities accused parents,. Ariha Shah,. विदेश मंत्री एस जयशंकर ने जर्मनी की. The child is an Indian national and she was placed in the custody of Germany’s Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) on 23 September 2021, when she was 7 months old. We have been requesting Germany to return the child (Ariha Shah) to India. New Delhi: India, this week, summoned German ambassador Philipp Ackermann and sought the early release of baby Ariha, an Indian baby girl who has been living in a foster home in Berlin for the past 20 months. Ariha has been in the custody of the. The parents of Ariha Shah continue to fight a legal battle for their daughter’s custody. Just like the Sagarika Chakraborty case, Ariha Shah case too deserves a happy ending. ’: India Urges Germany to Return Ariha Shah Stranded in Foster Home. . TNN TNN FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIAAriha Shah kidnapping case in Germany by saudev001 in india [–] saudev001 [ S ] 0 points 1 point 2 points 1 day ago (0 children) If the child remains in custody for more than 2 years, which is about to happen, Germany has the complete right to. Bhavesh’s parents visited them to help them out during the early parenting days. View community ranking In the Top 50% of largest communities on Reddit Ariha Shah kidnapping case in Germany. Rejecting the application of Dhara and Bhavesh Shah to return the child to them directly or at least hand her over to. “This was the second hearing and it continued for six hours. Presenting baby Ariha Shah's mother Dhara Shah before the media, Jaya Bachchan urged the External Affairs Minister to bring the child. India continues to remain in touch with the German authorities, said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi regarding the baby Ariha Shah case. In a recent development, a court in Berlin's Pankow district has rejected the custody claim of Ariha Shah, a 28-month-old Indian girl, by her biological parents. Battling to get the legal custody of Indian toddler Ariha Shah and reuniting with their daughter, parents made a plea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for assistance to bring back their daughter from German Foster Care. though the people that absolutely hate him are probably the Revolutionaries that are still benefiting from this shitshow. Back in September 2021, the paternal grandmother of Ariha had injured the baby by accident. Bhavesh & Dhara Shah have now made an emotional appeal to PM Modi for justice. The TLDR. Parents doing everything to get her custody. The Indian community members in London on Wednesday assembled to demand the repatriation of baby Ariha to India. A court in Berlin's Pankow has reportedly denied the custody of Ariha Shah, a 28-month-old Indian girl, to her biological parents and handed her over to Germany's Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt). We need to bring the child into our custody. New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): India continues to remain in touch with the German authorities, said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi regarding the baby Ariha Shah case. The couple said Ariha’s grandmother hurt her by accident in September 2021. The three-year-old girl has been in the custody of German authorities for the past one-and-a-half year. She is currently under German foster care. Ariha, child of Indian parents, has been in German foster system since Sept 2021. Ariha in foster case in Berlin. New Delhi: Reports defending the action of a German agency that had taken away an Indian baby girl from her parents in 2021 are inaccurate and appear to be an attempt to obfuscate the issue, government sources said on Saturday. Two-year-old Indian national Ariha Shah was forcibly taken away from her parents in Germany in September 2021 after the kid’s grandmother accidently hurt her. Be it Wrestler's agitation mishandling, Ujjain Mahakaal corridor statues toppling, or the terrible Rail accident yesterday, the party and it's SM team are out of sorts. Reddit Dhara Shah, whose baby girl Ariha Shah has been living in a foster care in Berlin for over 20 months, speaks with the media in presence of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, Samajwadi. ”. Baby Ariha issue: Dhara Shah, mother of a 27-month-old baby- Ariha Shah- who has been in a foster care facility in Berlin, Germany on Friday appealed to the Indian government to step up efforts to. Ariha Shah Case: જર્મનીમાં રહેલી મૂળ ગુજરાતી દીકરી અરિહા પર એક મોટા સમાચાર મળી રહ્યા છે. r/IndiaSpeaks. Telegram. Ariha Shah, a one & half-year-old daughter of an Indian family, was taken away by the German ‘child protective services while they were living in Germany. As many as 59 MPs from 19 political parties had written a joint letter to German Ambassador to India Philipp. Anadolu Agency June 13, 2023. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday responded to the matter, saying they are in. As per the official petition, Ariha’s father, who was Indian citizen, were posted in Germany on a work visa as a software engineer. Marking this as a violation of the girl’s cultural and fundamental rights, MEA. The baby of the Shah couple was taken away by German. And the people. Indian community in Frankfurt, Germany held protest against the injustice happening with Indian baby Ariha in Germany,” the tweet, which was shared. Ariha’s parents met the CM last week. Jugendamt when she was only seven months old. Ariha Shah was taken from her parents two years ago at the age. Around 150 to 200 Indians gathered in Frankfurt city of Germany to stage a peaceful protest demanding the repatriation of Ariha who has been in foster care in Germany since September 23,. And this isn't the only case the German child services already have hundred of cases like this where they have removed children's from parents custody specially if you are any color other than white. At the time, German authorities had alleged that Ariha’s parents – Dhara and Bhavesh – had abused her. The mother of Ariha Shah, an Indian baby in German foster care, held a protest at Jantar Mantar, demanding that German authorities allow Ariha to celebrate Independence Day with the Indian community in Germany to protect her cultural rights. The parents of Ariha Shah on Thursday urged Foreign minister S Jaishankar. DH Web Desk. Terms & Policies. India on Friday urged Germany to send back. I want to know from delhiites, AAP supporters or undecided people on why they still have faith in the leadership of AAP after back to back blunders and involvement in major detrimental activities driven from the senior management. The court instead handed over the child to Jugendamt, the German youth services. Earlier, India had urged Germany to repatriate the two-year-old, calling it an infringement on "her social, cultural and linguistic rights. 2021- Ariha Shah was taken away by the German Child Protection Services. The MPs included Jaya Bachchan, Hema Malini, Shashi Tharoor. Ariha Shah has been in foster care in Germany since September 23, 2021 – when she was barely seven months old. Ariha Shah has been placed under foster care in Germany since September 2021, when she was just seven months old. Ariha Shah kidnapping case by Germans. LIVE STREAM. The parents and baby are all Indian citizens. "MEA and the Embassy of India, Berlin, have been persistently advocating for the return of Ariha Shah to India. A known matter to the govt is yet to be solved. Earlier on Friday, India also urged Germany to send back at the earliest Ariha Shah, asserting it is important for the child to be in her linguistic, religious, cultural and social environment. The child is an Indian national and was placed in the custody of Germany's. India on Friday urged the German authorities to return Ariha Shah, an Indian toddler who is stranded in foster care in Germany, to her home country where her “socio-cultural. In a major setback to Bhavesh Shah and Dhara Shah, Berlin's Pankow local court granted their daughter Ariha's custody to the German state on Friday. In his letter, CM Shinde first, congratulated the external affairs ministry for its successful operation in conflict-hit Sudan. Reddit Dhara Shah, whose baby girl Ariha Shah has been living in a foster care in Berlin for over 20 months, speaks with the media in presence of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, Samajwadi. Germany’s Jugendamt has a track record of being arbitrary: Why Ariha Shah’s case should be resolved quickly The Jugendamt, established in 1924, during the Weimar Republic, is believed to be particularly strict with ethnic minorities and immigrant workers such as Turkish, Polish and, in this instance, Indian peopleMaharashtra CM Eknath Shinde writes to EAM Dr S Jaishankar, drawing his attention to the case of baby Ariha Shah, "stranded in foster home in Germany since last 20 months" and whose parents met him last week. The German child welfare agency Jugendamt took custody of Ariha Shah, when she was seven months old, alleging that the parents harassed her. Bhavesh Shah and Dhara Shah with their toddler Ariha. . Srruthi Lekha, a human rights activist living in Magdeburg, stated that she along with her friend were racially abused by the store management when they had gone to ask for compensation. In order to bring back Ariha, now the Jain community has started mobilizing. A court in Berlin's Pankow has denied the custody of 27-month-old Ariha Shah to her parents and handed her over to Germany's Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt). 16-10-2022 06:00 AM. The case has been controversial and has. Wednesday. The move came after 59 MPs from 19 political parties signed a joint letter urging the early repatriation of Ariha Shah. In case of Germany, I live here, and the country definitely has a big focus of Integration, and there might have been indirect racism also at play here. The German authorities had taken one-and-a-half year old Ariha Shah under their care, alleging sexual harrasment by the child’s parents. But in complete contrast to how babies are treated in India, there is an unfortunate story of a toddler, Ariha Shah, who is currently in the custody of the German state and has been placed under foster care. Foreign Secret. View community ranking In the Top 1% of largest communities on Reddit. " The kids were seen carrying posters with PM Modi's face and baby Ariha Shah. She is currently under German foster care. Speaking on the matter, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Thursday (August 3) that “high priority” is being given to the case and the German Ambassador. The child was taken into foster care while the parents appealed the decision. Ariha Shah is the daughter of an Indian couple who was separated from her parents on 23 September 2021 by the German authorities when she was just seven months old. Gujarati couple struggle to get baby back from Germany Home. The Official Subreddit for IndiaMother Dhara Shah appeals to MPs and activists to help bring her two-year-old daughter Ariha back from foster care in Germany. Ariha was born in 2021 within the capital of Germany. Earlier this week, The Indian community in Germany also staged a protest for the repatriation of Ariha Shah back to India. Ariha, in February 2021. The Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday (June 2) that the ministry has been requesting German authorities to return the child (Ariha Shah) to India because she is an Indian national and was placed in the. The father was posted in Germany on a work visa as a software engineer. Back in September 2021, the paternal grandmother of Ariha had injured the baby by accident. Marking this as a violation of the girl’s cultural and fundamental rights, MEA. Ariha was sent to the custody of the State of Germany. India summoned German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann this week and pressed for the return of an Indian baby girl, who has been living in a foster care in Berlin for over 20 months. 5 साल की बच्ची अरिहा साहा का मुद्दा उठाया. S Jaishankar: The child, Ariha Shah was accidentally hurt by her grandmother in September last year following which the German authorities took the baby away. explained/baby-ariha-shah-taken-from-parents. The German authorities had taken custody of Ariha Shah over a year back alleging that the parents harassed her. I’ve been in touch with Ariha Shah’s mother Dhara, whose little girl has been taken away. "MEA and the Embassy of India, Berlin, have been persistently advocating for the return of Ariha Shah to India. A district court in Pankow, Germany, has in two judgments dated June 13 denied the custody of Ariha Shah — the 28-month-old — to her biological parents and handed her over to Jugendamt, the German youth services. "This is a very sensitive matter, something we care deeply about, our embassy is in very close. - In September 2021, German Youth Services, known as Jugendamt took Ariha Shah, then 7 months old away from her parents Dhara and Bhavesh Shah who were living in Berlin. Dhara Shah who is holding a demonstration in Jantar Mantar Delhi to make her plea. The parents and baby are all Indian citizens. Ariha Shah, aged seven months then, was placed in the custody of Germany's Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) on September 23, 2021 after she suffered. India on Friday called on Germany to repatriate a 2-year-old Indian girl who has spent 20 months in the German social care system. The court rejected Dhara and Bhavesh Shah’s request to have the child returned to them directly or, at the very least. The little girl was hurt and the doctor called the police because they thought she was sexually assaulted. According to reports, India's External Affairs Ministry (MEA) took action by summoning the German ambassador in New Delhi to address the situation concerning the custody of two-year-old girl Ariha Shah. On June 3, 59 MPs from 19 political parties had written to the German Ambassador asking for the early repatriation of Ariha Shah. Gujarati Parents, Bhavesh and Dhara Shah, are not allowed to meet their daughter, Ariha. The grandfather should have been arrested in Germany itself but he flew back to India being a pathetic coward. 735. Hi uppsak, Your submission What are your views on Germany not releasing Baby Ariha into Indian custody? breaks the rules and has been removed for the following reason (s):A court in Berlin's Pankow has denied the custody of 27-month-old Ariha Shah to her parents and handed her over to Germany's Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt). The child was also taken away by CPS. Watching the trailer, I felt like I was reliving my battle. Good. The child was also taken away by CPS. She is currently under German foster care. Ariha Shah Germany Indian child in Germany. #BoycottGermany: Story of baby Ariha Shah kept in Germany as a foster child . Indian baby in foster care in Berlin: German Ambassador summoned, pressed for return of baby Ariha, says MEA Ariha Shah, aged seven months then, was placed in the custody of Germany's Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) on September 23, 2021 after she suffered an injury. The court has in two judgments dated June 13, denied the custody of Ariha Shah to her biological parents -- Dhara and Bhavesh Shah. See full list on thehindu. Bachchan says we will put in a request to Indian external affairs minister and the German embassy as well to bring back Ariha Shah. AA. ADVERTISEMENT External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Ariha's continued stay in the German foster care and "infringement" of her social, cultural and. How parents got stuck in custody battle with German authorities. For information, Visit Background For over 22 months Ariha Shah is separated from her parents, Indian culture and. Ariha’s father was posted in Germany on a work visa as a software engineer. Ariha Shah was 8-months old when she was taken away from her parents by German authorities after they found blood on her diaper. India on Friday expressed its “dismay” over the treatment of baby Ariha Shah by the German authorities. Parents are asked to pay for fostering Ariha in the foster care as well as heavy court fees are implied on them. Germany's Pankow local court granted baby Ariha Shah's custody to the German state while dismissing the parents' plea. There has been a growing call for bringing back baby Ariha to India. The court pointed to two injuries that Ariha had suffered – a head and back injury in April 2021 that happened while she was being bathed and a genital injury in September 2021. Ariha's father Bhavesh Shah, a software engineer from Gujarat, moved to Berlin in 2018 with her mother. India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned the German Ambassador this week in connection with the case of two-year-old Indian baby girl Ariha Shah, who has been placed in foster care in Germany since September 2021 over allegations of parental abuse. German authorities had accused Ariha's parents, Dhara. Nischal Sanghavi Wednesday 03rd August 2022 06:53 EDT. German authorities had taken custody of Ariha Shah more than a year ago, alleging that she was being harassed by her parents. Berlin's Pankow local court on Friday, 17 June, granted toddler Ariha Shah's custody to the German state and dismissed the parents' contention that the injuries sustained by their child—both times were in the first year of her life—were "accidental". At a press. The couple, Bhavesh and Dhara Shah, have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to help repatriate their child to India. 9M subscribers in the india community. More than a year after German authorities separated an Indian toddler from her parents, India continues to make efforts to reunite the family. Good. Intially the child services claimed rape/molestation but later revert their claims. "In September 2021, our daughter was taken away by German child services. The unhappy case of Ariha Shah. Though a case of assault was filed against her parents, it was later changed to negligence, and finally dropped altogether. The little girl, since then, has been living in foster care in Berlin. 1. German Child Care Services took away Ariha, now 2, from her Indian parents when she was 8 months following an injury. ”. A district court in Pankow, Germany, refused custody of Ariha Shah, a 28-month-old Indian girl, to her biological parents and handed her to Jugendamt, the German juvenile services in two separate judgments on June 13. पेशे से सॉफ्टवेयर इंजीनियर भावेश शाह (Bhawesh Shah) साल 2018 से जर्मनी की राजधानी बर्लिन में नौकरी कर रहे हैं. The movie also turns the spotlight on the similar case of Ariha Shah, the two-year-old daughter of a couple from Ahmedabad who was taken into childcare custody by German authorities in September. In the European nation, there’s a saying – ‘Beware of the Jugendamt, hide your kids’. Around 150 to 200 Indians gathered in Frankfurt city of Germany to stage a peaceful protest demanding the repatriation of Ariha who has been in foster care in Germany since September 23, 2021. Berlin Child Services has filed a civil custody case to terminate the parental rights of the Shah couple. Her Indian-origin parents, Bhavesh and Dhara Shah, struggling legally to get custody of their child, have now made an emotional appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for help with getting their child back. All of 27 months, Ariha Shah has been at the centre of a spiraling diplomatic row between India and Germany. Created Apr 24, 2021. parents landed. The case of Baby Ariha, a critically ill infant in Germany, became the centre of an international legal battle in 2019. Ariha Shah was taken from her parents two years ago at the age of seven months after she suffered an injury and was later placed with foster parents. We need to bring the child into our custody. These are some reasons to not love him. The German authorities had taken custody of Ariha Shah on September 23, 2021, when she was seven months old, alleging that the parents harassed her. The German authorities had taken Ariha under their care, alleging the parents sexually harassed their child. She was then just seven months old. Parents are fighting a long legal battle which is even financially difficult. 19 Jun 2023 Updated On Jun 22, 2023 14:46 IST. The diaspora chanted slogans like, "Modiji ask Germany to send Ariha back home to India," and "Germany send Ariha home. Ariha Shah, who is now over 20 months old, has been in foster care in Germany since September 23, 2021, when she was just seven months old. • 16 hr. 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 child - who is. SP MP. A district court in Pankow, Germany, refused custody of Ariha Shah, a 28-month-old Indian girl, to her biological parents and handed her to Jugendamt, the German juvenile services in two separate judgments on June 13. Wednesday, November 8, 2023. 23, 08:03 PMAriha Shah is a baby girl who has spent more than 20 months in foster care in Berlin. Ariha in foster case in Berlin. TNN / Jun 3, 2023, 03:45 IST. | Latest News IndiaWhile New Delhi has been repeatedly urging the German authorities to send 21-month-old girl Ariha Shah, living in a foster care since September 2021, back to India at the earliest, Berlin has been turning a deaf ear. The move came after 59 MPs from 19 political parties signed a joint letter urging the early repatriation of Ariha Shah. The court rejected Dhara and Bhavesh Shah’s request to have the child returned to them directly or, at the very least,. Members. Ariha Shah has been in foster care in Germany since September 23, 2021 – when she was barely seven months old. A German court denied the custody of 28-month-old Ariha Shah to her biological parents and handed her over to Jugendamt, the German youth services. A court in Berlin’s Pankow denied custody of 27-month-old baby Ahira Shah to her parents. . At the weekly media briefing on Friday, MEA reiterated its stand on the case over the girl’s cultural rights and her rights as an Indian citizen and added that the ministry will continue to. New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) Reports defending the action of a German agency that had taken away an Indian baby girl from her parents in 2021 are inaccurate and appear to be an attempt to obfuscate the issue, government sources said on Saturday. When they took the baby to a hospital, the couple said the German authorities accused them of sexual assault. ago. Her father was working in Germany at the time, but the parents have. Now the CPS of Germany is receiving backlash from the Desi population. Calling it her “inalienable right”, the Government on Friday urged Germany to let Ariha Shah, a baby girl living in foster care in Berlin for over 20 months, return to India. The Ministry of External Affairs today urged German authorities to send back Ariha Shah, a 27-month-old Indian girl who has been in the custody of Germany's Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) since. r/IndiaSpeaks • 6 min. NEW DELHI: Fifty-nine Members of Parliament, from 19 political parties, have written to the German Ambassador asking for the early repatriation of baby Ariha Shah who has. Wiki/Biography I looked into Ariha Jains' case also from Germany who had a vaginal tear because an astrologer told Dadi that the child will bleed she looked to check and the child got hurt "accidentally" which required stitches. Her father was working in Germany at the time, but the parents. Her parents Dhara and Bhavesh Shah belong to Mumbai, Maharashtra, and are fighting relentlessly to bring their baby back in India’Responding to media queries, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Friday that the ministry and the Embassy of India, Berlin have been persistently advocating for the return of Ariha Shah to India “It is an important issue, a sensitive one. A similar case has come up in September 2021. Since then, the toddler has been living in foster care in Berlin. The little girl was hurt and the doctor called the police because they thought she was sexually assaulted. This two-and-a-half-year-old baby was born to an Indian couple, Bhavesh Shah and Dhara Shah, who had gone to Germany in 2018. The judges have asked the G-20 heads of state to initiate a discussion on this issue with a view towards a “compassionate solution” wherein the children would be repatriated to kinship care in. Talking about the case, Bagchi said that the Ministry of External Affairs and the Embassy of India, Berlin, have been persistently advocating for the return of Ariha Shah to India. 1321. Watch the video. 59 MPs and her mother have issued an appeal to German. Ariha Shah case: The Ariha Shah case in which an Indian toddler has been separated from her parents in Germany since September 2021 has turned the attention to Jugendamt, the country’s child welfare services. The child, Ariha Shah was accidentally hurt by her grandmother in September last year following which the German authorities took the baby away. The Indian baby has been in Germany's foster care for over a year since September 2021. Several parents have horrific tales of their children being snatched away without proper. In the span of two years following are the efforts that Indian community has put to help Jugendamt in preserving the religious, cultural and linguistic rights of Ariha Shah, A year back Jain Association International, Germany, an association of the Jain community in Germany had written a letter to make them understand about the significance of. The letter sent by Shinde to S Jaishankar, a copy of which is with CNN-News18, reads, “Baby Ariha Shah is stranded in foster home in Germany for the last 20 months. Today, Sagarika understands the unbearable pain that Dhara Shah, mother of three-year-old Ariha Shah, is going through each day. Premium People from the Jain community stage a protest for Indian baby girl Ariha Shah who has been living in a foster care in Berlin for over 20 months, outside Consulate of Germany in Kolkata (PTI)Saurabh Verma. The Ministry of External Affairs summoned the German Ambassador in connection with the case of Indian baby girl Ariha Shah who has been placed in foster care in Germany since September 2021 over allegations of parental abuse, reported news agency ANI. Ariha Shah was 7 months old when parents were first accused of sexual abuse then negligence. r/IndiaSpeaks. Jugendamt when she was only seven months old. 383. Express News Service. Ariha Shah was born in Germany's capital Berlin in 2021. NEW DELHI: Around 59 members of Parliament (from 19 political parties) have written to the German Ambassador asking for the early repatriation of two-year-old Ariha Shah who has been under forced. Mumbai, UPDATED: Mar 9, 2023 17:13 IST. 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. Since September 23, 2021, when she was just seven months old, the child has been in foster care in Germany. New Delhi, Feb 25 (UNI) The Indian Embassy in Germany is in close touch with an Indian couple whose baby girl was taken away by German Child Services authorities in September 2021 in Berlin and kept in a foster home, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said on Saturday. The film based on the struggles of an Indian couple in Norway has now put spotlight on the fight to bring back baby Ariha from Germany. New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Dhara Shah, mother of Ariha Shah, Indian baby in German foster care, held a demonstration on Friday at Jantar mantar demanding that German authorities allow Ariha to celebrate Independence Day with the Indian Community in Germany in order to protect her cultural rights. German authorities had accused Ariha's parents, Dhara and Bhavesh Shah, of abusing her, leading to her placement in foster care. Also watch | Row over repatriation of Ariha Shah. The bottomline: The situation in places like Germany is a dangerous form of ‘mission creep. Ariha Shah, who is currently two years old, will be placed in foster care and will be placed for adoption while she remains in the custody of the Jugendamt. In an unusual display of unity, 59 parliamentarians belonging to 19 political parties have written to the German Ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann, seeking repatriation of Ariha Shah, a two. The Ministry of External Affairs urging German authorities to send Ariha Shah, the 27-month-old Indian girl who has been living in foster care in Berlin since September 2021, back to India at the. The child, Ariha Shah was accidentally hurt by her grandmother in September last year following which the German authorities took the baby away. S Jaishankar raises concern over Indian baby Ariha Shah kept in Germany's foster care. Ariha Shah, the daughter of Bhavesh Shah and Dhara Shah, was taken away from her parents in 2021 after a doctor reported a suspected sexual assault on her. The German authorities had taken custody of Ariha Shah on September 23, 2021, when she was seven months old, alleging that the parents harassed her. Ariha's parents Dhara and Bhavesh Shah on June 15 returned to India urging the Indian Government to seek their daughter's repatriation and also appealed to the Ministry of External Affairs. The case dates back to 2020 when Ariha Shah's custody was taken by the German authorities after the baby was accidentally hurt by her grandmother. The child, who is now over 20 months old, has been in foster care in Germany since September 23, 2021, when she was only seven months old. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday conveyed to his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock concerns over an Indian baby girl who has been living in foster care in Berlin, and said the child should be in her linguistic, religious, cultural and social environment. Bachchan says we will put in a request to Indian external affairs minister and the German embassy as well to bring back Ariha Shah. Ariha, a one-and-a-half-year-old baby girl from an observant Indian Jain family, was taken by Germany’s child protection agency and has remained in their custody for over 14 months now. London: Members of the Indian diaspora in Germany staged a protest in Frankfurt in an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help reunite baby Ariha Shah, currently in German state services custody, with her Indian parents. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Friday (2 June) that “they have been persistently advocating for the return of Ariha Shah to India”. The parents of Ariha Shah continue to fight a legal battle for their daughter’s custody. She was placed in the custody of Germany’s Youth Welfare Office in. Addressing a press conference in Mumbai on March 09, Dhara Shah, mother of baby Ariha Shah pleaded that they are. Two-year-old Ariha Shah has been in a foster care facility at Berlin in Germany since September 2021. The child is currently under foster care in Berlin, Germany, where the parents are allowed to meet the child only for one hour twice a month. Her father was working in Germany at the time, but the parents have. She was taken away by German child services after a doctor reported a suspected sexual assault on her. Ariha case: German court rejects Indian parents custody pleas, hands over child to local agency. and for everybody in India and for everybody in Germany, and the German authorities, more particularly the child. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said it is important for the child to be in her “linguistic, religious, cultural and social environment”. Ariha, the one-and-a-half year old baby girl of a Gujarat couple, has been living in foster care in Berlin for over 14 months. The baby was placed in the custody of Germany's Youth Welfare Office of the (Jugendamt) on September 23, 2021, when she was seven months old. According to reports, veteran actress and Samajwadi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan on Wednesday requested the Indian government to bring back Dhara’s child Ariha Shah, who has beenliving in a foster care in Berlin, Germany for around two. Starting from 2021, 17 months since then, Ariha’s parents are fighting for her custody. Now both Dhara and her husband Bhavesh are fighting to get her back to India, after a wait of more than two years. At the time, German authorities had alleged that. When the parents took her to the hospital, they were. New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Dhara Shah, the mother of baby girl Ariha Shah, on Friday said that she trusts the Government of India adding that if there will be a Prime Minister-level. Baby Ariha case has garnered attention again after Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde wrote a letter to EAM for his assistance in ‘sensitive matter’. | Latest News. Calling it a matter of concern, Jaishankar said that the Indian Embassy is pursuing it with the German authorities. The child is currently under foster care in Berlin, Germany, where the parents are allowed to meet the child only for one hour twice a month. Earlier in December 2022, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said during a press conference with German Foreign Minister Anna Baerbock on the custody case, "There is a case related to a child. Fifty-nine MPs from 19 parties have written to the German ambassador to India seeking his intervention in. Ariha Shah, who is now over 20 months old, has been in foster care in Germany since September 23, 2021, when she was only seven months old. Now she has been in the foster care home for the past 20 months: MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on baby Ariha caseIt was the continuous fight of this Kolkata mother for three years against the Norwegian government that got the kids back to her. Her Indian-origin parents, Bhavesh and Dhara Shah, struggling legally to get custody of their child, have now made an emotional appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for help with getting their child back. Earlier in December 2022, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said during a press conference with German Foreign Minister Anna Baerbock on the custody case, "There is a case related. At the time, German authorities had alleged that Ariha’s parents – Dhara and. Ground Report. India on Friday called on Germany to repatriate a 2-year-old Indian girl who has spent 20 months in the German social care system. Ariha Shah was taken into childcare by German authorities in September 2021, alleging that she had been abused at home, a charge her father, a software employee posted in Germany, and mother deny. The Ministry of External Affairs had summoned German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann this week in Ariha Shah case and asked Germany to send her to India at the earliest, MEA spokesperson Arindam. . Why was Ariha separated from her mother and father? Ariha’s mother and father Bhavesh Shah and Dhara Shah moved to Berlin in 2018 itself. Dhara told Mirror from Germany that on February 20 that there had been a hearing in a local court about the case. I love the Kane Chronicles but I still think the. According to German law, Ariha can be termed a “ward of the state”, which means that a judge or a court will be deciding the legal guardianship of the baby, placing her in the care of a. Ariha Shah was placed in the custody of Germany's Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) on September 23, 2021 after the baby, who was seven months old then, suffered an accidental injury PTI New Delhi Published 03. The parents refused to answer. Authorities alleged that parents Dhara and Bhavesh are unfit to care for the child. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday. Amidst calls by the opposition for the government to take up the case of Baby Ariha Shah, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that it had summoned the German Ambassador over. In a disappointing development for Ariha Shah’s parents, Berlin’s Pankow local court has granted custody of the baby to the German state, rejecting the parents’ claim that their child’s injury was accidental. Ariha Shah was placed in the custody of Germany's Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) on September 23, 2021 after the then seven month-old baby suffered an accidental injury. NEW DELHI: The government on Friday urged Germany to send two-year-old Ariha Shah, who has been in German foster care for the past 20 months, back to India saying her continued placement in. The. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi met German chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday, foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said the issue of baby Ariha Shah's custody. The mother of Baby Ariha Shah who has been placed in foster care in Germany since September 2021 over allegations of parental abuse, is pleading that her child be allowed to celebrate Independence Day with the Indian Community in Germany. The diaspora chanted slogans like, "Modiji ask Germany to send Ariha back home to India," and "Germany send Ariha home. Ariha's father Bhavesh Shah, a software engineer from Gujarat, moved to Berlin in 2018 with her mother. On June 13, a district court in Germany had denied custody to Dhara and Bhavesh Shah based on two injuries Ariha had suffered in 2021 – one on her head and one in her genital area. Karachi. The baby girl will be handed over to Germany’s Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) where she. NEW DELHI: The issue of the repatriation of baby Ariha Shah, who has been in German foster care for the past 28 months, was taken up by actor-turned-policitian Jaya Bachchan on Wedneday. Dhara Shah, the mother of two-and-a-half-year-old Ariha who has been in German foster care for nearly two years after she was injured in Germany in September 2021, on Wednesday reached out to Indian Opposition MPs to mobilise opinion so that the German authorities can hand over the child to foster parents in India. The custody of Ariha Shah was taken by German authorities on September 23, 2021, when she was. While dismissing the parents' contention that the injury sustained by their child was "accidental," the court said the decision to grant the girl's custody to. The judge has reserved the decision till May 23 after. The German child services had said they were not fit to be parents. The Shah couple who are in Germany had their 7-month-old baby taken away by the German authorities after a doctor found blood on the baby’s diaper. Her parents had reportedly been seeking asylum in Germany, but their applications were denied, and they were ordered to return to India. If it was proved that baby Ariha had an accident and it was not sexual assault, then at that point, the German authorities should have provided the kid back to her parents. In a major setback to Bhavesh Shah and Dhara Shah, Berlin's Pankow local court granted their daughter Ariha's custody to the German state on Friday. Dhara Shah is the mother of baby Ariha who was taken in custody by Germany's Child Care Services. Germany's Pankow local court granted baby Ariha Shah's custody to the German state while dismissing the parents' plea. There were many Indians in Germany who were. Since Baby Ariha’s family urged the authorities to look into their matter, the Indian Government has consistently raised the issue with the. Ariha's father Bhavesh Shah, a software engineer from Gujarat, moved to Berlin in 2018 with her mother. Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan on Wednesday came out in support of baby Ariha Shah's mother Dhara, whose child has been taken by the German government for around two years. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi and Samajwadi Party MPs. The Ministry of External Affairs and the Embassy of India in Berlin have been persistently advocating for the return of Ariha Shah to India. After German authorities separated an Indian toddler from her parents more than two years ago, India is still working to reunite the family. 06. The paternal grandmother injured the baby by accident in September 2021. (ANI) Ariha was placed in the custody of Germany's Youth Welfare Office or Jugendamt on September 23, 2021.