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Swapped at birth, boy and girl united with parents after 5 months

Source: ANI
October 27, 2016 10:14 IST
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Five months after the two infants, who were swapped at Kamal Nehru Mother and Child Hospital in Shimla, have reunited with their respective biological parents making both families happy to start a new kind of relationship between them.

The babies -- a boy and a girl -- were exchanged by the parents in a cordial atmosphere as per Hindu rituals at the residence of one of the parents at Khalini near the state capital on Wednesday.

The reunion came after the Himachal Pradesh high court on October 21 directed the authorities to exchange the babies to their real biological parents. The court directed the infants’ parents to resolve the issue and hand over the babies to the real mothers and had fixed October 26 for the exchange as both are Hindu families.

The parents of one of the babies, who was born on May 26, alleged that their newborn child was swapped, which was later established in the court after the two families offered DNA samples, which matched with each other.

The advocate of the petitioner said after the matter was resolved amicably between both families, they are looking forward to see an action against the responsible authorities.

Earlier, the court had also issued a notice to the state government over parents’ petition.

Anjana Thakur, the biological mother of the girl child, who is also a staff nurse in a government hospital, said: “It is an emotional and happy moment to get my baby back.”

She said that she was a bit disappointed that she would have to return the boy to his biological mother, but feels happy to get her girl child back.

She added that she wanted action to be taken against the culprits for swapping the babies.

Image: It was an emotional moment as the two families swapped the babies back Hindu rituals. Photograph: ANI/Twitter

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