New Delhi, May 1 (PTI) The Delhi police has launched an investigation after a girl allegedly slashed a fellow student's face with a sharp-edged object in the Gulabi Bagh area here, police said on Wednesday.

A purported video of the incident surfaced online where a girl can be seen with serious injuries on her face.

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“Initially, we got to know that a scuffle broke out between a few girls of a government school outside of the school premises and one of them hit another girl with some sharp edge thing," a senior police officer said.

Taking suo moto cognizance, the police have launched an investigation into the matter, the officer said.

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"We have taken action under the Juvenile Justice Act since all those who can be seen in the video are juveniles,” he said.

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