New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- The Save Ariha Team has expressed deep concern over the continued separation of Baby Ariha Shah, an Indian citizen, from her parents in Germany, urging the Government of India to intervene diplomatically for her immediate repatriation ahead of the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to India in January 2026.

In a press release issued on Saturday, the group said Ariha has remained under the custody of German Child Services (Jugendamt) in Berlin despite the closure of all police cases against her parents in February 2022. Ariha was taken into foster care in September 2021 and has since been moved across five different foster homes, the release stated.

According to the Save Ariha Team, a higher court in Germany i...