2 top Ryan officials held; SC notice to Haryana, Centre
NEWDELHI/GURGAON: The Supreme Court on Monday sought replies from the Centre and Haryana government on a petition filed by a father seeking a CBI probe into the murder of his eight-year-old son at Ryan International School in Gurgaon. The order came a day after police arrested two top Ryan officials and accused school authorities of tampering with evidence by wiping bloodstains from floors and walls. A 42-year-old school bus conductor was arrested after publicly confessing to killing the Class 2 boy, who he had allegedly tried to abuse sexually.
The child was found with his throat slit outside the school’s toilet on September 8.
The boy’s father asked for comprehensive guidelines for all schools to prevent such crimes. He also sought a national tribu- nal to look into such cases across the country.
“The petition relates to … command the authorities of the school management and the promote rs to take steps so that safety and security is sustained and no one is affected,” said a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
Besides the government, the C BI, Ha ryan a police and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) were asked to submit their stand in three weeks.
The court took up the case as an “urgent matter” after the visibly shaken father requested for an early hearing. He wants a CBI investigation, saying police failed to unearth the conspiracy behind the “cold-blooded murder”. The parents think there is more to the murder. “It is not possible that my son was killed within 10 minutes of entering the school without any motive,” the father had said on Sunday. ›› P4