Two held for 7-year-old boy’s murder

COURT RESPONDS TO CBI PROBE PLEA BY THE FATHER OF RYAN SCHOOL PUPIL

T wo senior officials of Ryan International School here have been arrested in connection with the murder of a seven-year-old boy on the school premises last week that sparked massive public outrage.

As police constituted at least a dozen teams to probe the brutal murder of Pradhuman, the supreme court yesterday issued a notice to the Centre and Haryana government on a plea by the slain boy’s father seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the September 8 killing of his son.

Pradhuman was found with his throat slit in a school washroom.

Police said they also questioned the school staff, while a separate probe team left for Mumbai to interrogate the school’s CEO, Ryan Pinto, and director, Albert Pinto.

A senior Gurugram police officer said the school’s northern India head, Francis Thomas, and HR head, Jeyus Thomas, were arrested on Sunday night after they had been questioned.

The school’s principal has been suspended, police said.

On September 8, the police arrested Ashok Kumar, a conductor of a school bus, for the murder.

School closed

All Ryan group schools in Gurugram were ordered to remain shut yesterday and today following directions of the district administration amid heightened security on the school premises.

Meanwhile, parent associations of Ryan International Schools in Mumbai, Delhi and Noida protested, seeking their children’s safety.

In Mumbai, the trustees of the Ryan International Schools filed an application in Bombay High Court seeking anticipatory transit bail to move an appropriate court in Haryana.

A senior Gurugram police officer said the school’s northern India head, Francis Thomas, and HR head, Jeyus Thomas, were arrested on Sunday.