We want to know what action has been taken against the agencies involved in illegal adoption, said Sandhya Bajaj, member, NCPCR. The Commission will also get in touch with the Australian Embassy to see how these children can be repatriated to India. The priority is to get back those children, added another official.
A case in point is a nine-year-old girl who was abducted by a gang in Chennai a few years ago and is currently living in Queensland under a new name. Though the girl was adopted through the Queensland Department of Families, Youth and Community Care, the adoptive family has now been apprised of the situation and is keen on finding out the truth. The Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI) has also intervened in the case and had sent an Interpol request to Australia to interview the Queensland authorities and the foster parents.
According to estimates, at least 30 of the almost 400 Indian children brought into Australia in the past 15 years were victims of trafficking. While, adoption in India is a lengthy process, it is to be investigated how this agency was doing it and that too in a country like Australia, an official said.
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