Gurgaon school murder: Accused's family cries foul, say he has been framed

The second standard student was found in a pool of blood in the school toilet with injuries on his neck.

The family members of Ashok Kumar, who has been accused of murdering an 8-year-old student in a Gurgaon school, have cried foul over his arrest, saying he has been made a scapegoat.

42-year-old bus conductor Ashok Kumar has been suspected of killing 8-year-old Pradyuman, a class 2 student of Ryan International School. The cops zeroed in on Ashok after collecting CCTV footage and matching the sequence of the entry and exit of people in the toilet with their statements.

"My son is innocent, he is just being framed. All this is because of the school," Ashok's father told news agency ANI.

"My brother has been beaten up and pressurized to give wrong statements," ANI quoted Ashok's sister as saying.

The second standard student was found in a pool of blood in a toilet with injuries on his neck. Police said a bus conductor confessed to the crime after attempting to sexually assault the boy. He was arrested on Friday evening.

Ashok had been sacked a few months back from a different school for his sexually predatory behaviour. He was a driver with a private school in Ghamroj, his native village near Gurgaon, but was fired from the job after some students complained about his behaviour. The school, about 5-km from Ryan International, did not file a complaint with the police.

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