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| Class 9 girl delivers baby in Karnataka school toilet; FIR registered, probe underway | | | |  KARNATAKA AUGUST 31:-
In a shocking incident, a class 9 student of a government residential school in Shahapur taluk of Karnataka’s Yadgir gave birth to a baby in the school toilet.
The incident, which took place on August 27, came to light after her classmates noticed she was in labour.
They alerted the school administration, following which police were informed and FIR was registered.
As per the FIR, the girl was full-term pregnant. She was sexually assaulted by an unknown man about nine months ago, the FIR stated.
Superintendent of Police (SP), Yadgir, Prithvi Shankar said that initially the girl was under a lot of stress and refused to divulge the details of the incident or the name of the person involved.
“She only told the authorities that she had felt stomach pain while in the toilet and had given birth there. Both the girl and the baby have been admitted to the hospital and are reported to be in stable condition,” the officer said.
He further refused to divulge further details about the incident, saying the case is currently under investigation and action will be taken after the medical report comes.
“We will suspend the hostel staff. We will take action after determining where the mistake occurred and identifying the responsible parties. We will not protect anyone. We will take action to prevent such an incident from happening again. We will investigate the matter of parents hiding it and child marriage. We will take necessary action to prevent such an incident. Nodal officers will be appointed and information will be obtained about the problems in the hostel,” SP Shankar said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the Karnataka Child Rights Commission has also taken cognizance of the matter. Shashidhar Kosumbe, a member of the Commission expressed serious concerns over the incident and demanded action against the accused.
“A complaint has been filed in this regard. Such incidents are coming to light repeatedly and it is distressing. The officials have been instructed to submit a detailed report. The officials should have paid attention when there was a physical change in the child,” he said.
“A medical check-up should be done once a month, but the Social Welfare Department officials have failed. Action should be taken against the officials who were negligent in not conducting a medical check-up. Medical check-ups should be conducted in the residential school to prevent such incidents from happening again,” Kosumbe added.
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