New Delhi Sep 22 (IANS) The CBI on Friday said it will file a case in the murder of a Class 2 Ryan International school student as it has received the notification from the government.
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official told IANS that the agency has received the notification from the government in the Ryan student s murder case.
"We will file a case today (Friday) itself " the official said.
The Haryana government ordered a CBI inquiry into the killing of seven-year-old Pradhuman Thakur on September 15.
Pradhuman was murdered on September 8 inside the Ryan International School in Bhondsi area on the Sohna Road in Gurugram district of Haryana. He was found dead with his throat slit inside the school s washroom within an hour after his father dropped him at school that morning.
Police alleged that school bus conductor Ashok Kumar 42 killed him with a knife after the boy resisted an attempt to sodomise him.
While Kumar has been arrested his parents and two other staffers claim he was being made a scapegoat.
Police have also arrested two officials of the school and are seeking to question the trustees of Ryan Trust which manages the school.
The case snowballed into a major national issue of safety and security of children in schools with vociferous protests held by parents and activists outside Ryan schools in several states.
--IANS
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