Sheikhpura (Bihar), March 26 (PTI): A Class X board examinee gave birth to a baby in the examination hall at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya centre today.

A piquant situation arose when 18-year-old Sushmita Kumari delivered her baby while she sat for her Hindi paper, said the district magistrate, A.K. Verma.

Later, both the mother and her baby were rushed to the Sadar hospital, some 2km from the centre.

“Both the baby and her mother are doing fine,” said the hospital superintendent, Harihar Prasad.