16-yr-old Ryan student who wanted exams postponed killed Pradhuman: CBI
The Haryana Police had
earlier claimed that Pradhuman was killed by school bus conductor Ashok Kumar
inside the toilet as the boy resisted a bid to sodomise him.
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NEWS : A 16-year-old student of Ryan International
School in Gurugram who wanted exams and a scheduled meeting between teachers
and parents delayed is the prime accused in the murder of Class 2 student Pradhuman
Thakur, the CBI said on Wednesday.
CBI
spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said the Class 11 student was detained on Tuesday
night after "inspection of the crime spot, scrutiny of CCTV footage, call
records, statements and questioning of several people" revealed that he
had carried a knife inside the school campus on the day of the crime and used
it to kill his junior school mate.
"The
weapon used in the commission of crime is a knife which was recovered initially
by police in Gurugram (Haryana). It is now with us," Dayal told reporters
here.
He said the
detained student was weak in studies and "wanted to have examination and
parent-teacher meeting postponed". Pradhuman, 7, was his random target.
The parents
of the detained student were kept informed throughout the investigation, said
the spokesperson for the Central Bureau of Investigation.
The CBI took
over the case on September 22 from Haryana Police, nearly two weeks after the
Class 2 boy was found with his throat slit in a school bathroom.
The accused
will now be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, where the court is
expected to decide whether he is to be treated as a major or a minor as per the
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
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