The mystery surrounding the murder of a seven-year-old boy at Gurgaon's Ryan International School is getting murkier by the day. The Gurgaon Police, in its report, said they have ample evidence against the prime accused bus conductor in the case. On the other hand, the Ryan school management has said it has no role in the horrific crime.
Post-mortem report of Class 2 student Pradyuman Thakur, who was found in a pool of blood with his throat slit inside the school washroom last Friday, ruled out any sexual assault on the kid.
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Police have collected blood and semen samples of arrested bus conductor Ashok to conduct DNA test. Reports say he attacked Pradyuman as the kid had seen him masturbating inside the school washroom.
The accused had earlier admitted to the police that he killed Pradyuman using his knife after he resisted attempts of unnatural sex in the toilet.
The school bus driver Saurabh Raghav claimed conductor Ashok Kumar was made a scapegoat by the school teachers.
Gurgaon police is convinced that besides Ashok no other person was involved in the gruesome murder.
Pradyuman's family has approached the Bombay High Court opposing the anticipatory bail granted to Ryan School's top management.
The Bombay High Court had granted interim protection from arrest to Ryan International Group's founding chairman Augustine Pinto and his wife and managing director Grace till today in connection with the murder.
Ryan's former principal who was suspended after the murder will be questioned by SIT team today. Two office bearers of Ryan School, Gurgaon, would be produced in Sohna court later today
Sources said that the management has decided to shut down the school for an indefinite period.
A CBSE team is visiting the school today to investigate whether the management flouted rules set up by the board and government.
The matter of safety of children in schools was also taken up in the Supreme Court on Tuesday which agreed to hear a plea of two women lawyers seeking framing of "non-negotiable" child safety conditions and implementation of existing guidelines to protect school-going children from offences like sexual abuse and murder across the country.
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