Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IANS) Two teachers of a tribal welfare school in Odisha were arrested after a class VI student delivered a baby in its hostel, police said Monday.
The headmaster and hostel superintendent were arrested Sunday for negligence of duty, not informing the administration about the incident and trying to suppress the matter, said Jeypore sub-divisional police officer Rajendra Senapati.
The tribal girl from Umuri Ashram School, a state-run residential school for SC and ST students, in Jeypore, block of Koraput district 500 km from here, delivered a baby Feb 4.
When the school authorities came to know about this, they took the baby and the minor mother in a jeep to her village in Upperkendi, under the jurisdiction of Semiliguda police, and left them with her parents.
After the district administration came to know about the incident, the welfare extension officer of Jeypore block informed Jeypore police Sunday.
After preliminary investigation, the police arrested school headmaster Kailash Verma and hostel superintendent Sabita Guru.
This is the second incident in the state in the last forthnight. A class X girl of a residential high school at Lingagada in Kandhamal district had delivered a baby in her hostel Jan 23. Police had arrested a man, Sukanta Pradhan, who allegedly got her pregnant.
The team of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is also struggling to reach the playoffs this seaso
IIT Guwahati: President Murmu inaugurates Param Kamrup Super Computer Facility at IIT-Guwahati
President Draupadi Murmu on Thursday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various project
Mulayam Singh Yadav recovering well: Doctors
Gurgaon, March 8 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief and parliamentarian Mulayam Singh Yadav has recov
With the introduction of the world's largest vaccination campaign in the country, politics has st
Actress Ameesha Patel has officially responded to reports of a non-bailable warrant issued agains
Tina Dabi Marriage, who was the topper of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 2016, is goi
A letter from Mumbai resident Faizan Ansari is going viral. In it, he is demanding the arrest of
World Cup: England elect to bowl against Australia
Melbourne, Feb 14 (IANS) England captain Eoin Morgan won
Modi 'eagerly awaiting' Seychelles, Mauritius, Sri Lanka visit
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he was looking forward to
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on 10 Russian naval entities over Russian operati
