CBI takes custody of three persons

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 23

Just a day after the CBI starts probe into the murder case of a seven-year-old student, Pradyuman, in Ryan International School, Gurugram, on September 8, it took custody of three people arrested by the Haryana Police.

The government has handed over the case to the CBI following demands of Pradyuman’s parents and human rights organisations. Proprietor of the school is politically well connected. Authorities concerned had also constituted a SIT to probe the case.

The SIT during investigation found that there was no separate arrangement of toilet for the bus drivers and conductors. Boundary wall of the school was broken and there was no complete police verification of the employees, sources said.

The CBI had sought custody of school bus conductor Ashok Kumar, regional head of the group Francis Thomas and HR head Jeyus Thomas from the court till September 25.

"On the request of the CBI in an ongoing investigation of a case related to the alleged murder of a student in a school at Gurugram, the competent court today remanded three accused in one day police custody," said a spokesperson for the CBI.

The CBI yesterday took over the probe into the killing of the seven-year-old student in the Gurugram school after receiving a notification from the Centre.

The case had been registered at the Bhondsi Police Station in Gurugram under the IPC section related to murder, and relevant sections of the Arms Act, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Juvenile Justice Act.