Odisha Hostels Scandal: Two Minor Class 10 Women Discovered Pregnant In Kandhamal Throughout Routine Test-ups | India Information

Within the wake of accelerating worries concerning the sexual exploitation of women and girls in Odisha, police on Friday revealed that two underage Class 10 college students, residing in authorities residential hostels in Kandhamal district, had been found pregnant throughout common well being check-ups. Each circumstances had been reported from two completely different authorities residential ladies’ larger secondary faculties in Tumudibandha block.

The pregnancies had been revealed upon the return of women to their hostels after summer season holidays final month. Hostel authorities instantly reported the matter to the police, and two impartial First Info Experiences (FIRs) had been registered. One case (Case No. 103/2025) is registered at Kotagarh Police Station, and one other (Case No. 64/2025) at Belghar Police Station.

“We’ve got logged two circumstances, and the investigations have been initiated,” Baliaguda SDPO Ramendra Prasad averred. He additional defined that the police had been actively investigating the situations underneath which the pregnancies occurred. Sources counsel that suspicions had been raised when the 2 college students didn’t go to the matron for sanitary napkins upon their return from break. They had been then taken for medical checkup, which revealed they had been pregnant.

In one other incident exhibiting persisting considerations concerning violence towards ladies, Balasore district’s Barhampur police on Friday arrested 4 youths accused of attempting to kill a 20-year-old lady after they didn’t rape her close to a village pond. The assailants tried to smash the girl’s head with a stone, however she escaped and knowledgeable her household concerning the incident, police mentioned.