Ariha Shah's case: MEA summons German Ambassador

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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. Marking this as a violation of the girl’s cultural and fundamental rights, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, «We are giving high priority to this case… We have called the German Ambassador this week regarding this. We've asked the German authorities to bring back the child at the earliest.

We are in touch with the German authorities.» The child, Ariha Shah, was accidentally hurt by her grandmother in September 2021 following which the German authorities took the baby away. She is currently under German foster care. Since Baby Ariha's family urged the authorities to see into their matter, the Indian Government has consistently raised the issue with the German authorities.

In June, CPI(M) MP John Brittas and 58 other members of Parliament belonging to 19 political parties signed the joint letter addressed to the German Ambassador to India for the repatriation of a two-year-old baby girl Ariha Shah, who is currently under German foster care, to India. Earlier, in this regard, Bagchi said that the MEA and the Embassy of India in Berlin have been persistently advocating for the return of Ariha Shah to India. He said that the government has urged German authorities to do all that is necessary to send Ariha to India at the earliest, which is also her inalienable right as an Indian national.