A six-year-old kindergarten girl was left critically injured after an alleged brutal assault by an eight-year-old Class 3 student inside a classroom at a government school in Panchkula, Haryana.
The incident, which occurred on October 28, 2026, at the Shaheed Major Anuj Rajput Government Model Sanskriti Senior Secondary School (also referred to as Sanskriti Model School) in Sector 20, has sparked widespread outrage over school safety and supervision failures.
According to family members and police accounts, the boy allegedly lured the girl to a first-floor classroom under the pretext that her father was waiting for her.
CCTV footage recovered by police shows the boy grabbing the girl by the hair, slamming her head against a desk, and repeatedly striking her with a brick, stones, and a flowerpot or similar objects including a dustbin in some reports before leaving her unconscious and bleeding.
The assault lasted around 90–96 seconds in an empty classroom. The girl was later found in a serious condition, with reports noting she was discovered in a room that had been locked from the outside.
The family’s auto-rickshaw driver, sent to pick her up after school, could not locate her. Relatives then arrived at the school. In a disturbing twist, the accused student himself directed the family to the classroom where the girl lay bleeding.
The girl’s father reportedly fainted upon seeing her condition. She was first taken for emergency care (reports mention Civil Hospital in Sector 6 and/or Alchemist Hospital) before being referred to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER/PGI) in Chandigarh due to the severity of her injuries, which included head trauma. She remained in critical condition under treatment there.
The victim’s uncle, Fazil, has spoken out strongly about the trauma and the school’s failures.
“I cannot express myself… videos have gone viral. Our auto driver had gone to the school to pick her, but couldn’t find her. He returned and told my elder brother, who later went to the school. The boy who attacked her took my brother to the site. There was blood everywhere. We saw the entire CCTV footage and the boy’s parents were called.
This incident serves as a lesson for all schools. If such things happen despite having so many teachers, no one will want to send their children to school. Whether it’s a private school or a government school—the staff are paid substantial salaries, yet they fail to do their jobs properly.
We took her to the hospital where she was kept for some time, but the required treatment was not provided adequately at first. Later, we took her to the PGI Hospital. This happened on Wednesday. Her condition has improved, though. The way she was attacked, we thought it would be difficult for her to survive. The entire family is in shock.”
Fazil has accused the school administration of gross negligence and demanded that accountability be fixed.
School Accountability and Official Response
The family and observers have highlighted multiple lapses: the assault took place in an unsupervised classroom during school hours (around 3–3:15 pm), CCTV feeds were reportedly left unmonitored after the principal left and staff were diverted to off-site duties, and no teacher or staff intervened despite the presence of cameras.
The Haryana State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (HSCPCR) has taken cognisance of the security lapse. Haryana Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda has ordered a high-level probe committee.
Police are questioning school authorities as part of the investigation, and the eight-year-old boy is undergoing a mandatory medical assessment (standard procedure for children aged 7–12), with further action to depend on the report.
Questions remain about how two young children could be left unsupervised long enough for such an attack, why monitoring systems failed in real time, and what systemic measures schools must implement to prevent recurrence.
The case underscores the urgent need for stricter supervision protocols, continuous CCTV monitoring with active oversight, better staff-to-student ratios during transitions, and clear accountability mechanisms for school administrations when children are harmed on campus.
The girl’s condition continues to be monitored at PGIMER Chandigarh. Police investigations and the high-level probe are ongoing.
