In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old girl, who is a state hockey champion and a gold medalist in state school championship, stabbed four boys in Jhansi on Monday over a trivial issue.
According to police, the girl was taking part in a hockey camp along with other players, both girls and boys, in the Laxmi Vyam Mandir on Monday she had a tussle with two fellow girls.
The coaches intervened and the matter was resolved.
Later, when the camp was over and everyone left the place, the girl as accosted by the brother of one of the girls with whom she had a dispute and his three friends.
All of them entered into an altercation with the girl during which the girl took out a craft knife from her kit bag and blindly attacked the four boys injuring all of them seriously.
The injuries were so deep that the four boys had to be rushed to the nearby hospital where they were admitted and given stitches.
All the boys are in the age-group of 15-17 years and were participating in the camp.
The coach of the camp said that the girl was a disciplined player and had never misbehaved with anyone.
“There must have been grave provocation for her to react like this,” the coach told reporters.
Meanwhile, the parents of the four boys have filed an FIR at the Kotwali police station under section 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC.
The police said that they were investigating the matter before initiating action against the girl.