Overview

• Police registered an FIR under the POCSO Act along with relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Juvenile Justice provisions based on a complaint by the District Child Protection Officer.
• The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights initiated a suo motu case and ordered detailed reports from district authorities.
• The Karnataka Residential Educational Institutions Society suspended the principal, hostel warden, a science teacher and a physical education teacher pending a departmental enquiry.
• Investigators say the girl, aged 17, carried a full-term pregnancy that was not reported; the school’s delayed intimation and the victim’s brother’s silence are under scrutiny, and cases have been filed over the failure to inform authorities.
• The minor mother and newborn are stable at Shahapur Government Hospital, with plans for counselling and transfer to a child-care facility when medically fit.