External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said India will provide help to the mother of the boy, who has been taken away by the Norwegian authorities.

Swaraj’s reaction came a day after she had asked the Indian Ambassador in Oslo to send a report on the allegations made by the couple that the Norwegian authorities took away their five-year-old child on frivolous complaint of abuse.

While father and son are Norwegian nationals, the mother is an Indian citizen. In reply to a media query in New Delhi this evening, MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup said Indian embassy is fully prepared to engage with local authorities to press upon fact that separation of child from family is humanitarian issue.