Principal held in orphanage case

11 June,2010 09:21 AM IST |   |  Kaumudi Gurjar

A School principal has been arrested in connection with the illegal adoption case at Gurukul Godavari Ashram in Yerawada.


A School principal has been arrested in connection with the illegal adoption case at Gurukul Godavari Ashram in Yerawada. The principal is suspected of creating the fake birth certificate given to the Mumbai woman with the baby boy she adopted from the orphanage.

The principal was identified as Somnath Shinde (42) of Fursungi.

Before this, orphanage head Mathew Rayyappa Yanmal (39) was arrested by the police for selling the baby boy to Anita Arun Yadav of Goregaon in Mumbai. Yadav filed a complaint with the police after the child died, saying the boy was HIV positive, whichu00a0 Yanmal hid from her.

Shinde was produced in court and remanded in police custody till June 14.

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