MP: Children's home caretaker Haseen Parveez converts 3 children to Islam who separated from parents during lockdown

In a horrifying incident, Haseen Parvez, the caretaker of the children’s home in Madhya Pradesh, has been accused of changing the names and religions of three children to Islam on their AADHAR cards. He also allegedly included his name as their guardian on their AADHAR cards.

 

 

This came after National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairman Priyank Kanoongo informed that a case of religious conversion of three children in a children’s home has come to notice in NCPCR’s recent investigation in Madhya Pradesh.

 

Kanoongo tweeted, “During an inspection of a child welfare centre in Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, a case was found where the operator was changing the names and religion of three children,” he tweeted.

 

 

Haseen Parvez had converted those three children to Islam, changed their names to Muslim ones and got their Aadhar cards made. He also claimed himself to be their guardian of the children and put his name on their Aadhaar cards. Those three children are siblings aged 4, 6, and 8 - two girls and one boy. These children are said to be from Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district and belong to a Hindu family under the OBC category.

 

 

An oral complaint was received and an inspection was intiated by NCPCR chairman Priyank Kanoongo. When he talked to the children, they said that their original names were different which have been changed at the centre. After that, Kanoongo ordered a probe and confiscation of records.

 

All three were separated from their parents during COVID lockdown in 2022. They were found roaming around near Bhopal, and they were sent to Raisen Child Welfare Committee by the Bhopal Child Welfare Committee. As the parents of the children could not be located, they were handed over to the Children’s Home in Gauharganj run by Navjeevan Samajik Sanstha. It was decided that they will stay at this centre until their parents can be located.

 

It should be noted that this child centre is a government-funded private entity. Kanoongo stated that the operator will be restricted from operating a similar facility in the future. In meanwhile, the father of the children has been located, but there is no information of the mother yet.