January 25, 2010
Indian American V Ravichandran’s wait to be united with his seven-year-old son Aditya seems to be unending. The aeronautical engineer, who had been fighting a custody battle in India for 30 months, had won the case on Nov 17 and the Supreme Court had asked his ex-wife Vijayshree Voora to hand over the boy to him before Dec 17. But Aditya and Vijayasree are missing again since Dec 13, and Ravichandran has again approached the SC claiming that his wife is untraceable.
Agreeing with the New York Family Court, where the couple had been fighting a case before Vijayashree fled to India with the
Ravichandran, seen here with Aditya, has created a website rescueaditya.org to track the battle for his son’s custody from Vijayashree Voora
boy, the SC declared that the allegations levelled by her against Ravichandran were baseless. Ravichandran, who is currently residing here, fears for the safety of Aditya, as Vijayashree is suspected to be taking him from one city to another.
Ravichandran has now filed a habeas corpus and a contempt case against Vijayashree. The cases will come for hearing on Monday.
Ravichandran said he could not find Aditya or Vijayashree in the addresses she gave to the CBI. “It is a wilful flouting of the SC order. All registered documents sent to the two addresses in Chennai were returned, as Vijayashree was not found in those locations. I don’t know why she is doing this.”
Ravichandran believes that Vijayashree is hiding his son somewhere in Bangalore. “I had thought that at least now, I can live happily with my only son. But again, this woman is playing games. According to my information, she is somewhere in or around Bangalore,” he said.
Case history
Vijayasree allegedly kidnapped Aditya Chandran, a US citizen, from New York on June 28, 2007 and brought him to India. Ever since, Ravichandran has been fighting an unrelenting legal battle to secure his son’s custody.
On Sept 14, 2007, Ravichandran was given sole legal and physical custody of Aditya by a New York court. On Nov 15, 2007 the Madras High Court dismissed Vijayashree’s petition for sole legal and physical custody of Aditya. The court on Dec 20, 2007 ordered Chennai police to secure Vijayashree.
The New York Supreme Court had on Jan 7, 2008 issued a non-bailable warrant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest Vijayashree for international kidnapping. The US Department of Homeland Security had on Feb 7, 2008 ordered Vijayashree’s arrest upon reentry to the US.
A special order by the Supreme Court of India to Chandigarh and UP police to rescue Aditya from abuse was issued on April 28, 2008.
Spotted in city
Vijayashree was spotted along with Aditya at a lodge in Rajajinagar on Feb 17, 2009, but she managed to escape before Ravichandran could come down from Hyderabad.
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