Bahrain boy was abandoned by his guardian

Manama : The boy, who was found by the police wandering alone in Manama souq last week, is an orphan and was abandoned by his guardian, it is learnt.

The guardian of the boy, who has been taking care of the child since the death of his parents, abandoned him as she was not able to accommodate the child after getting into a relationship with a man. 

“She said that her plan was to leave the child at a police station and asked her friend to do so. However, the friend did not go to the police station to drop the child, instead, he dropped him next to a police patrol jeep in the Souq,” Capital Directorate Investigation Division Head, Major Muhammed Al Buainain told DT News, adding that  she took help of her friend to abandon him.

According to Al Buainain, the guardian was an Indonesian lady and police suspect that the child’s father is a Bangladeshi man and his mother, an Indonesian lady. “We have some information to lead us to believe that the boy’s father is a Bangladeshi and the mother is Indonesian, however, this has not been confirmed,” he said.

A statement from public prosecution revealed that the boy’s guardian visited the police station to confess. 

“An Asian lady confessed that she had abandoned the child. She had been taking care of the boy since the death of his parents. The lady’s partner persuaded her to abandon the child and so she respected his wish,” Family and Child Prosecution Head Amina Isa said in a statement. 

The boy was found wandering in Manama souq last Wednesday night. 

Ministry of Interior had launched an investigation on the same night. 

Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) had also tried to help the search announcing on Friday that “no legal action will be taken against the parents” in case they were illegal residents. 

Al Buainain said that police are still continuing investigations to find the identity of the parents.