No action on staff yet, police await CBI report

CHANDIGARH: With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and police giving two completely different stories about Pradyuman Thakur murder case at the Ryan International School, the Haryana Police are awaiting completion of investigation by the former before arriving at any conclusion about findings of their team.

Geetanjali Gayatri

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 16

With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and police giving two completely different stories about Pradyuman Thakur murder case at the Ryan International School, the Haryana Police are awaiting completion of investigation by the former before arriving at any conclusion about findings of their team.

“Once the CBI investigation is complete, we will get a copy of the report from the agency. Based on the report, we will take action against officials found guilty of irresponsibly discharging their duty. Till the final report comes in, it is an open case. At the moment, we are extending all support to the CBI to ensure that the ends of justice are met and whoever is guilty of the crime is punished,” said Director General of Police BS Sandhu.

Sources said the CBI, on completion of its investigation, would send a report to the state police complete with its findings and details, if any, of the gaps in the Haryana Police investigation.

According to information, this report would specify major penalty and minor penalty and also had a provision for action deemed fit for those officials who might have faltered during the course of investigation.

Based on this feedback, the police would decide action to be initiated against the guilty. So far, investigation into the case was still on.

The sources said information on the CBI investigation into the murder case doing the rounds was still not complete. They said nothing could be written off and nobody was off the hook till the final report was prepared.

The Haryana Police, meanwhile, maintained that they were still in the process of investigation when the case was transferred to the CBI, implying that the police were still connecting the dots and there was no finality to the investigation when the case had been transferred to the CBI.

Seven-year-old Pradyuman, a student at the Bhondsi branch of Ryan International School, Gurugram, was found murdered inside a washroom of the school under mysterious circumstances on September 8.