The girl borrowed a compass from a friend to take out the blade from a pencil sharpener.
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Kolkata: A class 10 girl student on Tuesday tried to slit her wrist with a pencil sharpener blade inside her school`s washroom.
However, the girl was rescued by school staff and handed her over to parents after first aid.
The girl borrowed a compass from a friend to take out the blade from a pencil sharpener.
, Sudeshna Banerjee, Vice Principal of the school narrated the entire incident.
She said that the child was under depression.
"She wanted to inflict self-injury.
She asked permission from the teacher to go to the washroom," he said.