Kerala - World's youngest father so far is an 11-year-old boy from Auckland, New Zealand
Published: Mon 27 Mar 2017, 2:33 PM
Updated: Tue 28 Mar 2017, 11:13 AM
A 12-year-old boy has perhaps become the youngest father in India. The boy, hailing from Kerala, is the father of a baby girl. The mother of the baby is a 16-year-old.
According to The Hindu, the boy has been booked for impregnating the teenage girl under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
The baby girl was reportedly born in Ernakulam. The paternity has been confirmed by DNA tests.
Dr. P.K. Jabbar, Professor and Head of the Endocrinology Department of the Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram was quoted saying by The Hindu that the boy could have a medical condition called 'precocious puberty,' in which a child attains puberty at a much earlier age. It was not an unusual medical condition but no incident of a boy becoming a father at the age of 12 had come to his notice, he said.
The world's youngest father so far is an 11-year-old boy from Auckland, New Zealand.
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