Eight-year-old boy assaults six-year-old girl at Panchkula school

A six-year-old girl was critically injured after being assaulted by an eight-year-old boy at a government school in Panchkula, Haryana, on October 28. Police said the girl was hospitalised at PGIMER in Chandigarh.

The boy allegedly lured the girl into an empty classroom by telling her that her father was waiting for her. He then attacked her with a brick and a flower pot, repeatedly banged her head against a desk, and stomped on her face and body.

“She went upstairs to her classroom at around 3.15 pm. The assault probably took place between 4.15 pm and 4.30 pm.”

The girl's uncle said the boy hit her seven to eight times with a brick, banged her head against a bench, and struck her with an aluminium dustbin. He added that the boy left the room and returned about half an hour later to attack her again.

Hours after the attack, the boy reportedly approached the girl's father and offered to take him upstairs to where she lay unconscious in a pool of blood. The family said the boy later led them to the spot where she was lying.

DCP (Crime) Amrinder Singh confirmed the boy is eight years old and is undergoing a medical assessment. He said assessments are conducted for children aged between seven and 12 years, and further action will be taken based on the report.

The family questioned how the assault went unnoticed despite CCTV cameras in the classroom being monitored from the principal's office. Police have filed a negligence FIR against the school management.