Local police have recovered 2 babies from a private orphanage in Madurai. Sivakumar, the founder of the Idhayam Foundation, runs the “Idhyam Home for the Aged and Destitute” operating in the Madurai Reserve Line Police Jurisdiction. Hundreds of people who were abandoned by their families are rescued and taken care of here. Aishwarya, a mentally challenged woman from Chekkipatti, Madurai, whose husband had died and she has 3 children. Azharuddin from the same area rescued Aishwarya and admitted her to this foundation 4 months ago.
Aishwarya’s one-year-old child Manikkam fell ill on the 11th and was taken to the Narimedu Primary Health Center, sources said. A week or two later, the baby did not return to the orphanage. When asked about the baby, Aishwarya was told that the baby was admitted to the Madurai Government Rajaji Hospital with a coronavirus infection. 16 days later, on the 29th, Aishwarya was suddenly told that the baby had died by Coronavirus infection, and was buried in the Thathaneri cemetery. Aishwarya had also been taken there and photographed for the funeral.
Azharuddin, who had admitted Aishwarya to the Foundation, was shocked to know of this issue. He went on to interrogate at Narimedu Primary Health Center and Madurai Rajaji Hospital. When they said that such a child had never been treated, he asked the authorities at the orphanage for the relevant documents. It was revealed that all the documents provided by them were fake. Azharuddin then reported the matter to the police and brought it to the attention of the district administration. The investigation was immediately intensified by the District Child Welfare Officer and the police.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that the Idhayam Foundation and the orphanage were operating without proper permission. Examination of records revealed that many of those present in the orphanage had mysteriously died. After all, it was discovered that there was no baby buried in the Thathaneri cemetery and the body of another child who died 2 days ago.
Following this, the police brought Sivakumar’s assistant, a woman named Kalaivani and a volunteer into the interrogation group. During the interrogation, it was found that the child had been sold for Rs. 5 lakhs to the owner of a jewellery shop in Ismailpuram, Madurai. The police who went there rescued the child safely and handed it over to the mother.
Sridevi, a homeless woman from Karnataka who was staying at the Idhayam Foundation and Old Age Home also complained that her 2-year-old daughter may have been sold by the administrators of the orphanage. They had reported to her that she had died 10 days earlier. Upon learning that the child had been sold in the Kalmedu area, the police went there and rescued her. Police are also actively searching for Sivakumar, the founder of the Idhayam Foundation.
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