Minor Boy Held For Impregnating Classmate

Hyderabad: A 17-year-old boy was detained on Thursday for impregnating a teenage girl who had delivered a baby girl in February. The boy was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board for the offence.

According to police, the accused, a resident of Alwal is in love with a girl(16) for the past one year. Later the love developed into a physical relationship. The boy and the girl are classmates of intermediate first year in a college here. After a few months of affair, the became pregnant and delivered a baby. On coming to know about the affair and the boy was responsible for that, the family lodged a complaint.

The police registered a case under section 376 of IPC(rape case) against the boy and was apprehended.

Meanwhile, a city-based child rights NGO 'Balala Hakkula Sangham' demanded an indepth enquity into the case alleging that there was negligence on part of the officials of the Police and Women & Child Welfare departments in not rescuing the new born and her mother. Further probe is on.