Some days after a Class-VIII girl student gave birth to a baby in the Daringbadi area of Kandhamal district leading to uproar across the State, a similar incidence in the same district has now come to the fore.
According to reports, a girl of the Tumudibandha area was allegedly impregnated by her boyfriend. After the girl realised that she was pregnant, she gave a proposal to the boyfriend to marry her, but he rejected it.
The boy reportedly gave her some pills on Tuesday for abortion of the pregnancy. After consuming the pills, she fell ill and was then admitted to the local Community Health Centre, where she delivered a baby boy.
The girl and the newborn were later shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, where the baby died.
Police have started investigation into the matter after registering two different cases, one in connection with the death of the newborn and another on the basis of statement of the girl.