Haryana, Nov. 4 -- The five-year-old girl, who was brutally beaten by an eight-year-old boy, sending shockwaves across the country, was discharged from the hospital. She received a warm welcome from her neighbours, who greeted her with flowers and affection.

Holding both her hands, her father and uncle gently lifted her out of the ambulance and walked her to a relieved, emotional crowd, waiting with garlands and a pooja thaali to ward off any evil. Some clapped; some did a small pooja while her little friends clicked her photo.

On October 31, a highly disturbing incident surfaced on the internet, sending chills down the spine. The six-year-old student, an LKG student at a government school in Haryana's Panchkula, was allegedly assaulted...