Keonjhar: Yet another minor inmate of the girls’ hostel at a residential tribal school under Kanjipani police limits in Keonjhar district has become pregnant, a report said Thursday. The survivor is now six months pregnant but the actual status of her pregnancy can only be ascertained after a medical examination, police said. Meanwhile, police have arrested the accused Jaladhar Dehuri, 19, in this connection. The accused was produced in the court Thursday and remanded to judicial custody Kanjipani police IIC SK Azharuddin said.
Sources said that the survivor was studying in Class IX at a residential tribal school under Telkoi block. Her pregnancy was detected during a health examination in the school, Wednesday. Police registered a case over a complaint filed by the girl and arrested the accused, the IIC said. Telkoi block welfare extension officer (WEO) S Mundari confirmed the development stating the tribal girls’ hostel opened two months back. The girl was found to be pregnant during a health examination, he said.
On being informed, district welfare officer Prabir Kumar Deo visited the school and conducted a probe into the incident. Notably, a Class-X girl student of a girls’ high school under the ST and SC department became pregnant and delivered a male child recently. The fresh development has raised question marks on the safety and security of inmates in the tribal residential school. Former MLA Subarna Nayak expressed his displeasure over the development alleging that the incident occurred due to a lack of supervision and proper action by the senior officials of the district welfare department.