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.
Former India captain and former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly have once again joined hands with D
Why are eight former Indian Navy personnel detained in Qatar's capital Doha? The family members s
Recently Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar met in Pune. After this meeting, a round of discussions star
Corona: Bengaluru woman giving food to the elderly by bicycle
Almost the whole world is locked down. In Italy, cases of coronation virus deaths are increasing.
Congress MP Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the new party headquarters in Delhi. During this, Congress P
The tribal districts of Lahaul Spiti and Chamba in Himachal Pradesh have received heavy snowfall.
Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that India does not need to e
The first semi-final was played between India and New Zealand in the Cricket World Cup tournament
India's '175 Grams' wins at Sundance film fest
Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) “175 Grams”, directed by Bharat Mirle and Aravind Iyer, is
Wednesday is the 42nd day of the peasant movement. The hearing in the Supreme Court on the applic
