In an incident which brought back horrific memories of the murder of class 2 student in Gurgaon's Ryan International School last year, a class 1 student was brutally attacked with a sharp weapon by a senior student at Lucknow’s Brightland School on Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Police said on Wednesday.
The incident came to light on Wednesday morning after parents of the injured student lodged a complaint with the local police.
Police said, teachers found the class one student lying unconscious in pool of blood with hands tied in a school toilet around 10am on Tuesday.
The boy was rushed to a local hospital for immediate medical attention. The boy is admitted in trauma centre of the hospital.
According to police, a class seven student is involved in the brutal attack. The minor has suffered stab injuries in stomach and chest.
Family members of the injured student claim that the school officials informed them about the attack on their ward very late.
However, Principal of the school Rina Manas claimed that on finding the student brutally injured she rushed him immediately to hospital.
“I also informed Lucknow Police about the incident after admitting the child in the trauma centre,” said Manas.