Parents of girl killed in 2016 say no action against school yet

murder of an eightyear-old student at Ryan International School, Bhondsi, has brought back memories to the family of Jiya Juneja, a sevenyear-old class 3 student of the same school’s Sector 40 branch, who was crushed by a speeding car after her school bus dropped her on wrong side in May 2016.

Jiya was hit by a car in Gurgaon’s Sector 7 on May 9 and she passed away after being in coma for nine days. The family struggled for action against the school management but nothing happened. There was no conductor or attendant in the school bus.

“We are losing children every year but no action is taken against the school management,” said Jiya’s father Pankaj.

The bus driver was arrested and later bailed out but the car driver has not been traced till date.Juneja alleged that even though he wrote to Prime Minister Office and Chief Minister Office for action against school management, he never received any reply.

“This is a never ending pain. I made a number of trips to the police station and also mailed to the CM’s office . I sent many reminders but nothing happened. I even reached out to the CBSE office and they denied taking any action as the school was not affiliated with the board,” he added.

Speaking about Friday’s murder, he said that no one cares about our children’s safety. “As a parent, I can understand their sorrow. I myself went through the same pain. The school management

I made a number of trips to the police station and also mailed to the CM’s office... I even reached out to the CBSE office but they denied taking any action as the school was not affiliated with the board.

is at fault in both the cases but no action was taken a year back . Hope this time the government will take quick action,” said Juneja, who shifted house from Sector 7 to Sector 14 so that the memories of his daughter do not haunt the family.

Recalling the loss of his daughter, he said that he still searches for his daughter and still hears her voice. Juneja said that he and his wife are still waiting for justice. “We used to ask the police about the update of the case but later we lost hope.”

“We were scared to get our second daughter admitted to the school after we lost our first child. Thinking that the house was unlucky for us we also changed that,” he said.