7-year-old killed in Gurugram school by bus conductor who attempted sex assault: Police

Ryan International School is located in Site No. 1, Sector 40 Gurugram.

A class II student, who was found inside a toilet in Ryan International School crawling was murdered by a schoolbus conductor who tried to sexually assault him, the police said on Friday.

"Bus conductor Ashok attempted to sexually assault the boy, when he raised an alarm the conductor killed him... Accused had been working here for the past six to eight months. He had gone to use the toilet where he saw the boy. He was not targeting that particular child, only when he saw the boy he thought of assaulting him. He had the knife with him in his pocket," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Simardeep Singh.

Varun Thakur, father of victim, said "It is a clear case of murder, don't know what happened but I am sure its murder."

"If children are murdered in schools,then on what belief can we leave them for eight hours there," asked teary-eyed father.

Meanwhile, enraged protesters vandalised school property after news apread about the murder. Also, parents began sit in protest at police commissioner's office.

According to NewsX reports, the student was found with his throat slashed, possibly by a knife, and it has been speculated as a premeditated murder. Apart from the slit throat, the boy was discovered in a mutilated state with scars on various parts of his body.

The police have filed a murder case under section 302 at Bhondsi police station and started investigation. The police claimed a knife was found near the body. School bus driver and school staff questioned by the Police.

In May this year, the police booked the principal of the school's Vasant Kunj branch on charges of negligence when a six-year-old student drowned in the tank of the school building last year.

Ryan International School is located in Site No. 1, Sector 40 Gurugram.

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