Gurgaon school murder: Angry parents stage protest outside school, torch nearby liquor store

42-year-old bus conductor Ashok Kumar has been suspected of killing 8-year-old Pradyuman.

Shaken by the murder of an eight-year-old class 2 student in school, the parents of the students of Gurgaon's Ryan International School staged a protest outside the school and expressed dissatisfaction over the probe.

The agitated parents gathered outside the school and raised slogans against the management. Reports say that some window panes of the school were also damaged.

"Not satisfied with the ongoing investigation, bus conductor being framed. School Management must take responsibility of students' safety," news agency ANI quoted one of the parents, Jyoti, as saying.

"We demand CBI investigation, we want justice for Pradyuman," said another parent.

There have been reports that the staff of the school bus used to consume liquor as there is a liquor shop close to the school. The angry parents set the liquor store ablaze.

42-year-old bus conductor Ashok Kumar has been suspected of killing 8-year-old Pradyuman. 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.

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.

Kumar publicly confessed to slitting the throat and killing a Class II student who he tried to sexually abuse inside the toilet at Ryan International in Bhondsi.

On Saturday, the school suspended acting principal Neerja Batra and set up a three-member panel to look into security lapses that led to the young student's murder, which sparked angry protests by parents.

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