Gurgaon school murder: Police lathicharge to disperse agitating parents

Haryana Health Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said that action will be taken against the management and the owner of Ryan International School in Bhondsi.

As the intensity of protest by parents of students of Gurgaon's Ryan International School grew, the police on Sunday resorted to baton charge to disperse them.

The parents were protesting against the school management over the murder of an 8-year-old class 2 student in school's toilet. The 8-year-old Pradyuman was allegedly murdered by a 42-year-old bus conductor, Ashok Kumar.

Earlier, the angry parents raised slogans against the school management and even damaged some window panes of the school. Some even demanded the closure of the school.

They also set ablaze a nearby liquor store after it was reported in some sections of the media that the school bus staff used to consume liquor while on duty. An India Today report claimed that some empty liquor bottles were also found in the area where school buses are parked.

The parents also demanded a CBI probe into the matter.

Meanwhile, Haryana Health Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said that action will be taken against the management and the owner of Ryan International School in Bhondsi.

"Under section 75 of the Juvenile Act, action will be taken against school mngmnt. Accused will be presented before Court within a week," he said.

"Agar mata-pita jaanch se santusth nahi honge toh kisi bhi agency se Haryana gvt jaanch karane ko tayar hai (If the parents are not satisfied with the probe then we will get the case investigated by any agency)," he added.

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.

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.

OneIndia News