The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to Ryan International School, Gurugram in the case of the brutal murder of a class 2 student and asked why its affiliation should not be withdrawn. The school has been given 15 days to submit its reply.
The board also noted that the boy’s death could have been averted had the school authorities “discharged their duty with responsibility, care, sincerity”.
The scathing report by the CBSE panel further said most of the installed CCTV’s in the school were not functional, drivers and conductors were using the students’ toilets inside the school, and also found a breach in the school boundary.
Seven-year-old Pradhuman Thakur was found dead with his throat slit in the washroom of Ryan International School on September 8.
Police arrested school bus conductor Kumar, 42, on suspicion of him being the child’s killer after failing to sexually assault the child. However, the post-mortem report has confirmed that there was no sexual assault on Pradhuman.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday handed over the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The child’s father, Varun Thakur, had moved the Supreme Court for a CBI probe into the case citing “too many loopholes” in the police theory and the school management’s stand on the murder.