Sunday, November 19, 2017

Class X girl faints in school, doctors find her pregnant

| Updated: Nov 19, 2017, 06:40 IST
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CHENNAI: A Class X student who collapsed at a government school in the city two days ago was rushed to a private hospital which confirmed she was pregnant. On Saturday, police arrested a 27-year-old neighbour of the girl on charges of raping her and a court sent him to jail.

After a private hospital confirmed the pregnancy, the girl's mother took her to a government hospital where doctors, after an examination, alerted police about a school student brought there to abort a pregnancy.

Based on the information, police rushed to the hospital and questioned the girl and her mother before taking them to the police station for further inquiry. She told police that she had fallen in love with a construction worker who lives next to her house.

Preliminary inquiries revealed that the two had known each other for the past three years. They often met after she returned from school and the man returned from work. The girl's father is a coolie and the family lives in rented accommodation in a north Chennai neighbourhood.

The case has been to transeferred to an all-woman police station and a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

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