Tsunami disaster baby reunited with parents

The four-month-old boy who was swept from his mother’s arms by the December 26 tsunami and later nicknamed “Baby 81” was handed to his parents in a courtroom reunion today after an agonising custody battle of nearly eight weeks.

A smiling Jenita Jeyarajah took her little son, Abilass, from a doctor’s arms after she and her husband, Murugupillai, approached the bench in a courtroom packed with onlookers. The baby was dressed in blue clothes and a pink cap.