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CHENNAI: A police constable was arrested recently for marrying a 17-year-old girl. The girl was rescued after she managed to contact a child helpline number. But, the child welfare officers alleged that the police were reluctant in taking quick action and the case was filed after a delay of three days after they were informed.
The accused, Pazhani Kumar, a 27-year-old constable attached to the Madhavaram Milk Colony police station, was posted as driver to a police inspector. On May 17, Pazhani Kumar, at his native village in Madurai, had married a class 12 girl in the presence of his family. The duo were staying in Madhavaram police quarters from May 23.
Out of the 93 children identified by the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) who have lost one or both parents to COVID-19 in the district, none had sought rehabilitation so far, according to Distri
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The double mutant strain of SARS CoV-2 virus played havoc across India. As per data released by Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and John Hopkins University, India reported over 27,000 deaths in the week of May 3-9, an increase of over 3,500 deaths from its previous week of 23,781 fatalities, with the weekly toll crossing a whopping 25,000 deaths for the first time.
Many of these victims are parents, and are leaving their children in shock, trauma, and grief. The media is flooded with reports pouring in from all corners of the country – Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, or Kolkata – where children lost one or both of their parents to COVID-19, and have nowhere to go or no one to take care of them. This has also led to wide circulation of casual adoption requests flooding various social media platforms.