“I just want my kids back. That’s all I want. Those kids are my life,” sobbed Sacramento mom, Fakhere Afzal.
And that life changed forever for Fakhere Afzal, more than a year-and-a-half ago, when CPS took way her two daughters ages two months old and 15 months old at the time.
“This is my very humble request… to the CPS and everybody who enrolled in this case with us. Please, we just want our kids back,” Afzal pleaded.
For the father, Chaudhry Sheriff, the separation likely hits him a bit harder. Authorities believe he broke his 2-month-old daughter’s arm. It was in July of last year, when Chaudhry brought his baby to the ER when she wouldn’t stop crying. Cops came to investigate and later arrested him for abuse.
“We… we (are) dead, without kids. I know we did not do anything. Why they’re doing this?” the father asked.
The parents say they have followed all the rules, completed parenting classes required by CPS, and have no history of abuse. Still the courts have ended their visitation rights.
….Local Muslims are urging CPS to reunite the family.
“On behalf of the Muslim and Pakistani community to resolve this very long, outstanding issue,” said Sarfraz Khan, chairman of the Friends of Pakistan.
The family has turned to doctors to conduct an outside investigation. They determined the baby suffered injuries during the birthing process which involved a vacuum-assisted C-section. The infant also had a vitamin deficiency which could have affected the fracture.
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