KORAPUT: After the shocking news of a Class VI girl student delivering a baby in an ashram school hit the headlines, the tribal girl and her five-day old infant have been admitted to Koraput district headquarters hospital here.

The 12-year-old girl is a student at the Umuri Ashram School, a residential school meant for SC/ST students, under Jeypore block of tribal-dominated Koraput district in Odisha.

"A team visited the girl's home at Upper Kanti village under Semiliguda block and shifted the mother-infant son duo to the hospital yesterday. They are under medical supervision and their condition is stable," Koraput District Collector Yamini Sarangi said today.

"The child weighs 1,585 grams. As he is underweight, we have kept him in the SNUC and his condition is stable. We expect the child will gain weight in the next week and till then he will be under observation," Chaya Kanta Gouda, paediatrician at the hospital, said.

Doctors said the mother is also being administered saline as she is very weak.

Though the girl had delivered the baby in the hostel on February 4, the officials concerned had allegedly sought to suppress the matter and sent the girl and her newborn home without informing the administraton.

The matter came to light on Saturday evening after the district collector received a complaint and ordered an inquiry.

The headmaster of the school, Kailash Charan Brahma, and hostel Superintendent Sabita Guru, who were arrested on Sunday on charges of negligence, were granted bail at the session's court of Jeypore yesterday.

"The court granted bail with Rs 10,000 surety each," said Muna Singhlal, counsel for the headmaster and the hostel superintendent.

Police are yet to arrest the culprit who allegedly raped the minor girl in her village. "The accused is absconding. We are on the job," said Jeypore SDPO Rajendra Senapati.

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Orissa girl who delivered baby in school shifted to hospital