Rohtak, Sept. 25 -- The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has taken cognisance of an incident involving an 11-year-old Class 5 girl student of a private school who was allegedly told to clean the floor of the classroom by the school principal in Sonepat district earlier this month. Suo motu cognizance was taken after Hindustan Times on September 14 reported the incident that the principal of a private school in Sonepat's Ridhana village had asked the minor girl to do 50 sit-ups and clean the floor of the classroom as a punishment for not completing homework.The date of hearing has been fixed for October 28.

"The school principal told my daughter to clean the floor of the classroom outside the UKG classroom. She also told the UKG stu...