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- Officials in Karnataka rescued a postpartum mother and her newborn who had been kept outside Baladevarahatti village for three to four days due to superstition.
- The Ganesh Trust brought the matter to the notice of JMHFC senior judge Sujatha B. Suvarna, who asked child development officer V. Mohanakumari to look into it immediately.
- A team of officers and legal aid staff visited the village on Wednesday evening and persuaded the family to readmit the mother and child to their home in the village.
- Child development officer V. Mohanakumari warned that banishing postpartum mothers is a criminal offence under the law and asked people to report such cases to the Women and Child Development Department.
What to watch next
- Whether the Women and Child Development Department follows up on similar banishment cases reported in future
- Whether the practice of keeping postpartum mothers outside the village continues in Baladevarahatti
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V. Mohanakumari
Child Development Project Officer
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“ಇದು ಕಾನೂನು ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಅಪರಾಧ ಕೃತ್ಯವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ತಿಳಿದೋ ತಿಳಿಯದೆಯೋ ಈ ರೀತಿ ಬಾಣಂತಿಯರನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಾರದು”
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…ಊರೊಳಗಿನ ಮನೆಗೆ ಸೇರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. .ಮಗು ಜನಿಸಿದ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಬಾಣಂತಿಯರನ್ನು ಊರಿನಿಂದ ಹೊರಗಿಡುವ ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಆಚರಣೆ ಇನ್ನೂ ಜೀವಂತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ರೀತಿಯ ಪ್ರಕರಣಗಳು ಕಂಡು ಬಂದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಮತ್ತು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಇಲಾಖೆ ಗಮನಕ್ಕೆ ತರುವಂತೆ ಮನವಿ ಮಾಡಿರುವ ಮೋಹನಕುಮಾರಿ, ‘ ಇದು ಕಾನೂನು ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಅಪರಾಧ ಕೃತ್ಯವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ತಿಳಿದೋ ತಿಳಿಯದೆಯೋ ಈ ರೀತಿ ಬಾಣಂತಿಯರನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಾರದು ’ ಎಂದು ಎಚ್ಚರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. .260918-44-2062546551 .ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ ಆ್ಯಪ್ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ: ಆಂಡ್ರಾಯ್ಡ್ | ಐಒಎಸ್ | ವಾಟ್ಸ್ಆ್ಯಪ್, ಎಕ್ಸ್, ಫೇಸ್ಬುಕ್ ಮತ್ತು ಇನ್ಸ್ಟಾಗ್ರಾಂನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ ಫಾಲೋ ಮಾಡಿ. ಹಿರಿಯೂರು: ಬಾಣಂತಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಮಗುವನ್ನು ಊರಿಂದ ಹೊರಗಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದ…
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Named India · Baladevarahatti · Department of Women and Child Development · Gane Trust · Shruthi · Sudhir Phadke · Sujatha B. Suvarna · T. Latha · V. Mohanakumari
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