(Source: Express Photo)Amid much uproar over the decision of a Madhya Pradesh-based Jain couple to become monks, leaving behind their toddler daughter, the husband, 31-year-old Sumit Rathore, on Saturday went ahead and embraced monkhood. His wife, Anamika (30), however, did not join monkhood under the ‘Shwetambar’ order of Jainism. The police also initiated an inquiry into the matter and summoned the couple along with leaders of the Jain community. We acted as per the complaint filed by a person to Gujarat State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Local Jain community leader Inderchand Kher said, “Anamika did not take diksha today.

Source: Indian Express September 23, 2017 21:22 UTC