Daringbadi: In yet another incident of minors getting impregnated, a 15-year-old girl has become pregnant in Brahmanigaon area in Kandhamal district.
The girl was unwell for the last few days following which her family members admitted her to the Mohana community health centre in Gajapati district.
Her family members were crestfallen after a doctor conducted an examination and found that the girl was six months pregnant. Later, the doctor lodged a complaint in the Mohana police station.
Mohana police reached the health centre and recorded the girl’s statements. However, as she is from Brahmanigaon police station area they asked her family members to report the matter to Brahmanigaon police.
Later, the girl and family members lodged a complaint in Brahmanigaon police station. “We have started an investigation,” sub-inspector Sangram Jena said.
According to sources, the girl, a student of Class-IX, was studying at a residential school in Jharsuguda. However, she did not return to the school after coming home in the last summer vacation. She visited her uncle’s house in June and spent some days there, the sources said.
PNN
