Mangaldoi, Assam: Two couples, whose babies were accidentally swapped soon after birth over two years ago, have submitted affidavits in a local court to keep the child they have been raising, and sought that the matter be settled.
The issue came to public notice last week after the court fixed a hearing date in the case.
Both couples submitted the affidavits in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate Bonani Goswasmi in Mangaldoi, Assam about their decision to keep their respective non-biological sons. They said were attached to their child, who knew only them as their parents since birth.
Both the boys were born on March 11, 2015 within minutes of each other in the same labour room as per the hospital birth certificate and allegedly got exchanged in the delivery ward, claimed both the sets of parents.
The parents informed the court that the child they had brought up as their own since the birth of the boys at Mangaldoi Civil Hospital was not their biological child, as revealed in a DNA test last December in Hyderabad.
The Muslim family lives in Badilsor village under Shyampur police station in Mangaldoi district, while the Bodo family lives in Munpora Bespora village of the same district.
Talking to the press, one child's father, who is a school teacher, claimed that he had filed the case alleging negligence by the hospital after the family failed to receive any response from the hospital and health department authorities.
The issue came to public notice last week after the court fixed a hearing date in the case.
Both couples submitted the affidavits in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate Bonani Goswasmi in Mangaldoi, Assam about their decision to keep their respective non-biological sons. They said were attached to their child, who knew only them as their parents since birth.
Both the boys were born on March 11, 2015 within minutes of each other in the same labour room as per the hospital birth certificate and allegedly got exchanged in the delivery ward, claimed both the sets of parents.
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The parents informed the court that the child they had brought up as their own since the birth of the boys at Mangaldoi Civil Hospital was not their biological child, as revealed in a DNA test last December in Hyderabad.
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The Muslim family lives in Badilsor village under Shyampur police station in Mangaldoi district, while the Bodo family lives in Munpora Bespora village of the same district.
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Talking to the press, one child's father, who is a school teacher, claimed that he had filed the case alleging negligence by the hospital after the family failed to receive any response from the hospital and health department authorities.
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