Minor girl student gives birth to baby

bhubaneswar — Tension ran high on Sunday after a minor student of a state-run tribal residential school in Odisha’s Kandhamal district delivered a baby girl in her hostel, officials said. The Kandhamal district administration took action against nine persons in connection with the incident.

The 14-year-old girl, a student of Class 8, delivered the baby in the school hostel on Saturday night, Kandhamal District Welfare Officer (DWO) Charulata Mallick said.

The school is run by the SC (scheduled caste) and ST (scheduled tribe) development department of Odisha.

“The girl was raped eight months ago at her village. She couldn’t reveal it out of fear and shame. The main accused has been detained,” Kandhamal Superintendent of Police Prateek Singh said. —