Overview

• Routine post-vacation health checks in Kandhamal district uncovered pregnancies of two Class 10 tribal hostellers, prompting alarm among authorities.
• District Welfare Officer Rabi Narayan Mishra filed a formal complaint requesting police to investigate the circumstances surrounding the pregnancies.
• Baliguda SDPO Ramendra Prasad confirmed FIRs were registered at Kotgarh (Case No. 103/2025) and Belghar (Case No. 64/2025) and investigations are under way.
• The Biju Janata Dal submitted a memorandum to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes calling for a judicially supervised Special Investigation Team and comprehensive reforms of the ST & SC Development Department’s hostel monitoring.
• In a separate case in Kendrapara’s Dangamal village, marine police detained a teacher on allegations of molesting Class 7 girls and are conducting interrogations.