PANCHKULA: A six-year-old girl was critically injured after an eight-year-old boy assaulted her inside a classroom at a school in Panchkula on Wednesday.The girl has been admitted to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh, where she is undergoing treatment, police said on Friday.A purported video of the incident circulating on social media shows the boy allegedly grabbing the girl by her hair and repeatedly banging her head against a desk.After she falls to the floor, he is seen kicking her, dragging and hitting her with a brick. The girl is seen bleeding in the footage.DCP (Crime) Amrinder Singh confirmed that the boy is eight years old and the girl is six. Asked about the motive behind the incident, Singh said the boy was undergoing a medical assessment.He said children aged between seven and 12 years undergo such assessments in cases of this nature, and further action would be decided based on the findings.Police are also questioning the school authorities as part of the investigation.(With PTI inputs)
