2 students in Odisha found pregnant

Bhubaneswar: A day after a minor school girl at Baliguda in Odisha’s Kandhamal district delivered a premature girl child, two separate instances of school students becoming pregnant have come to the fore, raising doubts over the supervisory work of the state education department. Reports from Kamakshyanagar in Dhenkanal district on Friday said that a Class VI student of a government residential school has been seven-months pregnant.

The school headmaster Janardan Samal on Friday lodged a complaint with the local police.It is suspected the girl was made pregnant by the brother of her sister-in-law (brother’s wife). The police has started investigation into the case. Reports from Narla in Kalahandi district as Class IX student was on Thursday found pregnant during the routine health check-up.

The girl became serious when an attempt was made to abort the foetus of the pregnant girl at the local Narla hospital.

As the girl’s condition deteriorated, she was shifted to VSS Medical College and Hospital at Burla in Sambalpur district.