Haryana launches inquiry after six-year-old critically injured at Panchkula school
The Haryana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights launched a suo motu inquiry on 31 October into the assault of a six-year-old girl at Sanskriti Model School in Panchkula, after the child was left critically injured and transferred to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, according to the New Indian Express. Police said an eight-year-old boy assaulted the six-year-old girl in a classroom, pulling her hair, striking her head with stones and a flowerpot, and kicking her, according to Moneycontrol.
com. The Hindu reported that the girl was hospitalized at PGIMER in Chandigarh for treatment.