More than a month after a couple in Uttarakhand refused to accept a newborn girl as their own, insisting that a boy was born to them, DNA tests ended the suspense proving beyond doubt that the baby belongs to them only.
The baby was living with her biological parents only in themeantime, as Usha Negi, the chairperson of the Uttarakhand State Commission forProtection of Child Rights had intervened in the matter and asked Aarti Shah tostart feeding the baby girl till the final outcome of the DNA tests.
In fact it was Negi who had batted for the DNA procedure,after Shah from Dehradun city disowned the baby girl assuming she had actuallygiven birth to a boy on March 5.
For many days she did not breast feed her child at the governmentDoon hospital here where the baby was born.
Aarti Shah had claimed that she had actually given birth toa boy, who was exchanged by the girl by the hospital authorities.
Incidentally, a boy was also born on the same day there withmother’s name Aarti which led to the confusion.
Aarti Shah who was handed the baby girl, along with herhusband lodged a complaint in the hospital claiming that they should be giventhe custody of the boy.
The parents of the boy refused to accept their claim.
As both parents refused to accept the claims thrown up, Negicalled for conducting of the DNA tests.
More than a fortnight after the birth of the children, theblood samples of all six were sent to a forensic laboratory.
The DNA reports that came to the hospital on Thursday,proved the biological links.
Negi on Friday said that doctors at the Doon hospital wherethe DNA tests were conducted had told her that the baby girl was the biologicaldaughter of Aarti Shah only.
“The baby girl is with her biological parentsonly,” Negi said. She quipped: “Moral of the story, all’s well thatends well.”