Norwegian social services, slammed for taking two Indian children from their parents in what has become a diplomatic row, said Friday they were considering placing them in the care of an uncle in India. "The family has proposed that the father's brother should take over custody," read a statement from the municipality of Stavanger, in south-western Norway, where the family lives.
"The Child Welfare Services in Stavanger are positive to considering the possibility of a placement within the biological family network in India," the statement added. The case has attracted a lot of attention and emotion in India and took on a diplomatic dimension Monday when Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna demanded that Norway "find an amicable and urgent solution to ensure that the children are returned to the biological parents".
Norwegian residents Anurup and Sagarika Bhattacharya lost custody of three-year-old Avigyan and one-year-old Aishwarya after the child welfare services deemed that the children were not receiving proper care.
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