Six-year-old critically injured in alleged Panchkula school assault

A six-year-old girl was critically injured in an alleged assault by an eight-year-old boy at a school in Panchkula, Haryana, police said. The incident occurred on October 28, and the girl is receiving treatment at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh. Police said the boy is undergoing a medical assessment and that further action will depend on its findings. DCP Crime Amrinder Singh said such assessments are conducted in cases involving children aged seven to 12. Police are also questioning school authorities and the boy’s parents as they investigate what led to the incident. Purported CCTV footage circulating on social media appears to show the boy grabbing the girl by her hair and repeatedly striking her head against a desk. It then appears to show him kicking her after she falls and hitting her with an object described in some accounts as brick-like. The footage has not been independently verified, and reports differ on the objects used and the sequence of events. The girl’s family said they became concerned when she did not return home after school. Her uncle, identified in reports as Fazil or Faisal, said the family’s hired...