March 14, 2026 09:53 am (IST)
Two arrested as class VI girl delivers baby in hostel
Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IBNS): A class-VI student delivered a baby in the hostel of a tribal welfare school in Odisha, media reports said.
Two teachers, the headmaster Kailash Verma and hostel superintendent Sabita Guru, were arrested on Sunday for negligence of duty.
The incident took place in a state-run residential school for SC and ST students at Jeypore in Koraput district, located about 500-km from Bhubaneswar.
The girl from Umuri Ashram School delivered a baby on February 4, sources said.
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