Norway court jails Indian parents in 'child abuse' case

[Dalit]

Chandrasekhar Vallabhaneni and his wife Anupama have denied accusations of child abuse

A court in Norway has convicted an Indian couple for abusing their seven-year-old son.

Chandrasekhar Vallabhaneni, a software professional, was sentenced to 18 months in jail. His wife Anupama was sent to jail for 15 months.

The couple were charged with "gross or repeated maltreatment" of their son and found guilty of burning and hitting the child with a belt.

The couple and their family have denied the charges and said they would appeal.

Some reports said Mr Vallabhaneni had "threatened" to send the child to India for wetting his pants in the school bus.

But, the Norwegian authorities said the child had burn marks and scars on his body.

The couple's children are with their grandparents in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.

India has said the incident relates to a private citizen and Norway's local laws, but added that its Norway mission will do whatever is "appropriate" in the case.

Indians have recently fallen foul of Norway's parenting laws.

In April, two Indian children who were taken away from their parents finally returned to India after a Norwegian court agreed to hand them over to their uncle.

Norway's Child Welfare Agency (CWA) had taken three-year-old Abhigyan and one-year-old Aishwariya Bhattacharya into custody in May 2011 alleging their parents did not adequately look after them.

The parents said that "cultural differences" were behind the agency's decision and the incident caused a diplomatic row between Norway and India.

The case received extensive media attention in India and provoked public anger, with the Indian government saying that the children should be allowed to live in their own cultural and linguistic environment.

Source: BBC News - Norway court jails Indian parents in 'child abuse' case

 

[Cat Shannon]

good job !

good job !

 

[Shinigami]

parents manhandling their kids citing "discipline" is a common problem in india

 

[mujhaidind]

Meanwhile in India white paedophiles who come to enjoy little boys and girls get away easily.

 

[BuddhaPalm]

They threatened to send the kid to India for the rest of his life. What a cruel and inhuman punishment.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

They threatened to send the kid to India for the rest of his life. What a cruel and inhuman punishment.

Better than getting "programmed" in China I guess.

 

[Galad]

They threatened to send the kid to India for the rest of his life. What a cruel and inhuman punishment.

According to authorities non only in Norway but all other Scandinavian countries it is.They can take your child for any phony charges.Number of Russian children stolen from their own family under phony charges just for 2 years are close to 100 in one of the Scandinavian countries.One of child protection public organization there have already written testimonies including a video from those kids how children are being cared for in their adopted family after.Rude attitude,threats.beatings...
"Democratic "West at its finest.

 

[BigBill]

Not only in south Asia but also east Asia, it's common sense that you need to beat your children when they misbehaving badly. Every culture has its own way to punish children's misbehaving. I feel pity for the Indian couple in Norway.

Even in U.S. where it is illegal to give your child a hard beat, parents still beats their children. Most of my American friends in Texas have the experience of getting a hard beat from their parents. Surprisingly, those parents who beat children in Texas usually punish their children harder than Asian patents. One of my American friends told me his father beat him with belt and his mother beat him with slippers. Rarely had I seen any Chinese parents do that.