Gurugram student murder: HC refuses to stay arrest of Ryan school owners

Gurugram: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the arrest of Ryan International School owners in connection with the alleged murder of a class II student in their Gurugram branch recently.

Pinto, Grace Pinto and Francis Pinto – the owners of the Ryan International School – have been named in the alleged murder of Class II student Pradyuman Thakur.

The high court also issued a notice to the Haryana government asking it to file a reply in the matter at the earliest.

''Next hearing in the case is on September 25. The High Court said it's a serious issue and it can't take a decision without hearing all the sides, the lawyer of Pradyuman's father said.

The Haryana government had last week handed over probe into the sensational Pradyuman murder case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). 

The announcement was made by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar shortly after he met the victim's parents at their residence. 

He had also announced that Haryana government will take over the management of the school for next three months. 

Deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh will be in-charge of the school during this period, a Hindustan Times report said. 

Seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur was found with his throat slit in the washroom of the school on September 8.

The school bus conductor Ashok Kumar has emerged as the prime suspect and has been arrested.

The post-mortem report later said that Pradyuman sustained an 18 cm long wound a little over his neck which cut through his ears up to the "superficial scalp tissue behind ear".

The wound was 2 cm deep said the post-mortem report of Pradyuman.

The report also said that Pradyuman's veins near the throat region and food pipe were found slashed. His trachea (wind pipe) too was damaged.

The post-mortem report also revealed another wound, 12-cm long and 2-cm deep, below the first injury.