Ryan school protest: Opposition slams Haryana government over attack on media

The parents of students of Ryan International School were protesting over the murder of an 8-year-old student at the school.

The Haryana Government drew major flak from the opposition parties after police resorted to baton charge to disperse the protesters outside Gurgaon's Ryan International School, in which some media persons were injured.

The parents of students of Ryan International School were protesting over the murder of an 8-year-old student at the school. The angry protestors torched a nearby liquor store and damaged a few window panes of the school.

Police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the agitators in which some media persons of news agency ANI were also injured.

The father of Pradyuman, a class 2 student who was murdered in the school toilet, appealed to the agitators to not get involved in violence.

"Want to request all parents who are supporting us that please do not get involved in violence....Police is doing its job, request a parallel CBI inquiry so that every detail related to the case is revealed," Pradyuman's father Varun Thakur said.

Political parties lashed out at the Haryana Government over the attack on media.

"Attack on media is condemnable. In a democracy, governments do not work with lathis and bullets...Media is one of the pillars of democracy and raises concerns of the people, it should not be suppressed like that," former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said.

CPI's D Raja also condemned the attack and said, "Haryana police gaining notoriety of attacking the media, it happened even during Dera agitation."

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala demanded an apology from Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

"We demand apology from CM Khattar and action against policemen responsible for the attack," he told ANI.

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