13-Year-Old Girl Gets Pregnant; Classmate Arrested Under POCSO In Palakkad

Palakkad, Kerala: A 13-year-old classmate has been arrested in connection with the pregnancy of his classmate’s girl, also 13 years old, in Palakkad’s Shoranur. The pregnancy was revealed when the girl visited a hospital following stomach pain.

The parents later complained to the police about the pregnancy, leading to the investigation and arrest of her eighth-grade classmate, a boy.

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After learning about the pregnancy, the girl’s parents filed a complaint in the police station.

Police, under Shoranur DySP R Manoj Kumar, have registered a case against the boy under the POCSO section. The boy was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board.