RYAN SCHOOL BOY MURDER: SC NOTICE TO GOVT, CBSE
NEW DELHI/GURGAON: The Supreme Court on Monday sought replies from the Centre, Haryana and others 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 petition filed also asked for comprehensive guidelines for all schools so that such an incident was not repeated. The petition pertained to safety and security of all school students, the court said, giving the Centre, CBI, Haryana government and CBSE three weeks to respond. Two top officials of Ryan International School Group were also arrested and remanded to two-day police custody on Monday for further questioning.
NEWDELHI/GURGAON: The Supreme Court on Monday sought replies from the Centre, Haryana and others 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 petition filed also asked for comprehensive guidelines for all schools so that such an incident was not repeated. The petition pertained to safety and security of all school students, the court said, giving the Centre, CBI, Haryana government and CBSE three weeks to respond.
Two top officials of Ryan International School Group were also arrested and remanded to twoday police custody on Monday for further questioning.
Besides, Ryan International Group’s CEO Ryan Pinto and his parents Augustine and Grace Pinto (62), who are its founders, approached the Bombay high court seeking anticipatory bail.
Francis Thomas, regional head of the Ryan group of institutions, and HR head Jeyus Thomas were arrested on Sunday night and booked under section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act. The section deals with cruelty and crime against children under custody of someone and invites punishment of 5-10 years.
Police produced them at the Sohna court and demanded three-day remand but the court granted two-day custody. The police told the court that the school authorities tampered with the evidence at the crime spot.
Francis was also booked in connection with drowning of a boy in a water tank at Ryan international School in South Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area.
Acting principal of the Gurgaon school, Neerja Batra, who was suspended on Saturday, was rushed to a private hospital in Khandsa road on Monday after she complained of sudden pain in the chest during questioning by a Special Investigation Team of the police. The father of the Class 2 boy, who was found with his throat slit outside a school toilet on September 8, has also requested a national tribunal to look into such cases across the country.