Angry parents and locals gathered outside the school premises this morning and staged a protest for over two hours demanding a CBI probe into the gruesome murder while expressing their displeasure over the investigation being carried out by the Gurgaon Police. Image: ANI Twitter
After widespread outrage among parents following the murder of a 7-year-old student of Ryan International School in Gurugram, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday formed a committee to probe the matter.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) formed a two-member fact finding committee to probe the killing of the class II student. The school has also been asked to submit a report within two days along with the copy of the FIR, a senior board official said.
The panel will visit the school within 30 days and submit a report no later than October 16,” the official added.
The panel will probe whether the death occurred due to negligence on the part of the school authorities and if the school had adopted all safety measures prescribed under CBSE affiliation bye-laws.
The school management suspended the acting principal and sacked all security staff.
Angry parents and locals gathered outside the school in the morning and protested for over two hours demanding a CBI probe.
They also demanded that the school management be booked for the death of the boy.
The seven-year-old boy was found dead with his throat slit inside a washroom of the Ryan International School on Friday and police arrested the school bus conductor, Ashok Kumar. The accused has been remanded in police custody for three days by the Gurugram Civil Court.
Schools review
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar directed the Additional Chief Secretary (education) to review the arrangements, including security, installation of CCTVs and facilities provided by all the schools in the state to prevent recurrence of such
incidents.
Gurugram Police Commissioner Sandeep Khirwar said investigation into the incident will be concluded in seven days. The police are also probing whether the accused sexually assaulted the student.
Efforts would be made to get a fast track court trial and maximum possible punishment for the guilty, he said.