The Child Welfare Committee, Sundargarh, refused to hand over the rescued three minor children to their parents on Monday looking into their poverty.
According to sources, Jiban Kisan and his wife had abandoned their three minor children at Bhagapalli village under Bonei police station on January 10. The locals had rescued the children from a dilapidated house in a little secluded place after hearing them cry.
The Bonei police had traced the parents of three children and had called to Bonei police station. On Monday, Jiban and his wife reached Childline to take their three children back. Childline officials took Jiban, his wife and three minor rescued children to the CWC, Rourkela and produced before the CWC. However, the CWC refused to hand over the children to their parents and asked Jiban and his wife to come after seven days. “looking into the poverty stricken parents and their approach, I refused to hand over their children to them because these children need protection and care,” said CWC Member Pradeep Mishra.