CBI, forensic team at Gurgaon's Ryan school to probe 7-yr-old's murder

Gurgaon: A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation got notification from the Haryana government to probe the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur, a three-member team of the investigation agency on Saturday arrived at Ryan International School in Gurgaon.

Along with the central investigating agency, a 12-member forensic team has also reached the school on Saturday morning.

The three accused (bus conductor and two people from Ryan), who were earlier arrested by the Haryana Police, were sent to one-day CBI custody.

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The CBI had taken over the probe on Friday hours after Pradyuman's father, Varun Thakur threatened to approach the Supreme Court if the agency did not start its investigation within two days.

The investigation was till now carried out by the Gurgaon Police. Last week, the police had said a chargesheet had been prepared in the case, and it will be handed over to the CBI.

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Pradyuman was found murdered inside a toilet of Ryan International School, Gurgaon with his throat slit on September 8.

Bus conductor of the school, Ashok was arrested for sexually assaulting the boy and killing him when he raised an alarm.

Father of Pradyuman on Saturday said that he had suspected there's a background to Ashok coming as the culprit but hoped that the CBI probes the case from a different angle.