HC tells govt to trace biological mother

The Bombay High Court has directed the state government to trace the biological mother of Swedish national Rebecka Saudamini Arnes,who was adopted from India in 1977,raising the hopes of the 34-year-old psychiatric nurse from Hoor,Sweden,who has been looking for her for nearly five years.

The Bombay High Court last week asked the state government to seek information from the Missing Persons Bureau and initiate action to trace Arness mother,who is believed to have surrendered her when she was two days old at the Shraddhanand Mahilashram in Matunga.

After a four-year long search,Arnes moved the High Court in August 2011 with a petition filed through her lawyer Pradeep Havnur. In the petition filed jointly with her adoptive mother Eva Lindgren (60),Arnes sought a court direction to the police to take action against Shraddhanand Mahilashram for not disclosing information about her biological mother.