Inter Student Delivers Baby at Scanning Centre in Nagarkurnool
The police booked a case under relevant provisions of BNS and POCSO Act and took up investigation
Hyderabad: A 16-year-old intermediate first-year student delivered a baby in the washroom of a scanning centre in Peddakothapally in Nagarkurnool district.
The girl was appearing for the exam in a college when she complained of severe stomach pain. The invigilator alerted the parents who rushed to the college and shifted her to a private hospital where doctors advised her to undergo scanning for a detailed medical analysis.
Even as the scanning centre staff was about to start the process, she went to the washroom accompanied by the family members and delivered a baby leaving everyone shocked.
Based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s father, the police booked a case under relevant provisions of BNS and POCSO Act and took up investigation. The police also recorded the girl’s statement. Both the baby and the child are undergoing treatment at the government hospital.
Nagarkurnool Superintendent of Police, Patil Sangram Singh Ganapatrao said the girl first blamed her classmate but when the police enquired in detail stating that a paternity test would be conducted she then revealed her relative's name accusing him of being responsible for it.
“We have arrested the girl’s relative, who is aged around 26 years in connection with the case,” he said. The girl was studying in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in the district.
