Haryana education minister Mahipal Dhanda has formed a high-level probe committee, and the Haryana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (HSCPCR) has taken cognizance of a security lapse after a six-year-old girl was brutally assaulted by an eight-year-old Class 3 student inside a government school in Panchkula.
“This incident serves as a lesson for all schools. “Whether private or government, staff are paid salaries to ensure safety, yet they failed to do their job. Because the suspect is eight years old, he is undergoing a medical and legal maturity assessment to determine criminal capacity under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) provisions governing minors aged seven to 12 years.
If such things happen despite having so many teachers, no one will want to send their children to school,” the victim’s uncle said. Assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Vikram Nehra said that local police and school authorities are reviewing the security lapses.
She was allegedly attacked there with a stone and a flower pot, news agency ANI reported. CCTV footage recovered by police shows the boy grabbing the girl by her hair, slamming her head against a desk, and repeatedly striking her with a brick, stones, and a flowerpot before leaving her unconscious. When an auto-rickshaw driver sent to pick up the child could not locate her, relatives arrived at the school to search. In a strange turn, the accused student himself directed the family to the classroom where the girl lay bleeding.
The incident occurred on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, between 3pm and 3.15pm. Earlier reporting noted: 6-year-old girl in critical condition after Class 3 student assaults her with stone, flower pot at Panchkula school A six-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was allegedly assaulted by a third-grade student inside a government school in Haryana’s Panchkula.
The suspect lured the victim to a first-floor classroom under the pretext that her father was waiting for her, according to family members.
Earlier reporting noted: Her family has questioned the school’s security arrangements, alleging that the same student accused of attacking her later led them to the injured girl. Earlier reporting noted: The family alleged that the third-grade student lured the girl to the first floor by telling her that her father had called for her.
