A 16-year-old girl who had given birth to a child while she was mopping the floor at her employer's house in Bengaluru said she was gang raped in early 2019, in Odisha. She gave birth to the child in November 2019, a Times of India report read.

The pregnant girl, who was squatting while mopping the floor was found in a pool of blood and had a spontaneous delivery. She was rushed to a nearby government hospital with her child, where the two were stabilised and she revealed details of the alleged rape. The report said the case was then brought under the district Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and a police case was registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.