LUDHIANA: A twelve-year-old girl gave birth to a baby girl at a private hospital in Model Town early on Wednesday.
Ludhiana police have launched a probe into the matter and will file a rape case against the father of the baby.
Sources in the hospital said that the pregnant girl was accompanied by her mother. They added that without knowing the fact as to why the girl was pregnant at such young age she was admitted.
“The case came early in the morning around 7am and the young girl delivered the baby girl normally. The mother and child are fine and are admitted in the hospital only”, said Dr Bhavna Sachdeva, the gynecologist who carried out the delivery along with a team.
“After the delivery, we have informed the police about the case”. She added that they don’t know the age of the girl but her attendants told them that she was between 12 and 13 years old.
In the meanwhile, police officials said that the matter is being investigated. They added that the family of the father of the baby girl has left for Bihar as they are migrant workers and even the family of the girl is from there only.
Deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Ashwani Kapoor said that SHO of Division Number Six is investigating the matter and is recording the statement of the family of the girl. He added that as the girl is minor, they will register a rape case into the matter and are trying to ascertain the age of the father of the baby girl.
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