Gurgaon: Over two months after the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur at Ryan International school in Gurgaon, the man first believed to be the killer has been let off on bail. School bus conductor Ashok Kumar can walk out of jail after he signs a bond of Rs 50,000, a court ruled today, calling it a "matter of life and death".
Ashok Kumar's reprieve comes weeks after the CBI contradicted the Gurgaon police and zeroed in on a senior student of the school. The Class 11 student killed Pradyuman to delay exams, the agency said.
The 16-year-old is in a juvenile home.
Pradyuman Thakur, a Class 2 student, was found with his throat slit in a toilet near his classroom shortly after being dropped off by his father on September 8. The same evening, the Gurgaon police arrested Ashok Kumar, claiming he had confessed to killing Pradyuman after attempting to sexually assault him.
To bolster their theory, the police said Ashok Kumar was among those who were seen at the toilet around the same time as the boy.
It said that others on the security footage, including the student, were not examined by the police at all.
Ashok Kumar's family has alleged that he was tortured and forced to confess to a murder he didn't commit.
Ashok Kumar's reprieve comes weeks after the CBI contradicted the Gurgaon police and zeroed in on a senior student of the school. The Class 11 student killed Pradyuman to delay exams, the agency said.
The 16-year-old is in a juvenile home.
Pradyuman Thakur, a Class 2 student, was found with his throat slit in a toilet near his classroom shortly after being dropped off by his father on September 8. The same evening, the Gurgaon police arrested Ashok Kumar, claiming he had confessed to killing Pradyuman after attempting to sexually assault him.
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To bolster their theory, the police said Ashok Kumar was among those who were seen at the toilet around the same time as the boy.
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It said that others on the security footage, including the student, were not examined by the police at all.
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Ashok Kumar's family has alleged that he was tortured and forced to confess to a murder he didn't commit.
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