Boy accused of Ryan murder planned to ‘poison students’

GURGAON/NEWDELHI: The 16-yearold boy accused of murdering a schoolmate at Gurgaon’s Ryan International School searched the internet for various types of poison and how to use them before he executed the crime, multiple sources associated with the probe told HT.

He also looked up methods to remove fingerprints from the knife that he intended to use to commit murder, the sources added.

The CBI, which is probing the case, reviewed details of the searches the boy conducted on his mobile phone and laptop with regard to poisons and fingerprint smudging.

“Investigators suspect that after killing the student by slitting his throat, the accused deliberately threw the weapon, a knife which he procured a day before the murder from Sohna, in the commode of the toilet where the incident took place on September 8,” said a CBI source.

The CBI refused to formally offer any comment for the story.

“Since the investigation is at a very sensitive stage, we would not like to offer any comment at this stage on any aspect of the probe,” said CBI spokesman Abhishek Dayal.

The shopkeeper from whom the student allegedly procured the knife could not identify him. The accused could not identify the shopkeeper either but told investigators his was the shop from which he got the weapon.

Since the victim was carrying a schoolbag, when the accused knifed his throat from the back the blood did not stain his uniform, the source said.