 "Gurugram school murder: Education minister reiterates swift justice will be provided as parents' protest turns violent")
Haryana education minister Ram Bilas Sharma vowed that those responsible for the killing of a seven-year-old boy in a private school will be brought to book within a week. Sharma, speaking to the press on Sunday, blamed the Ryan International School management and said that the state government will show no leniency to those behind the murder.
Undr sec 75 Juvenile Act,action will be taken against school mngmnt. Accused will be presented before Court within a week: Haryana Edu Min pic.twitter.com/9fF429sQyn
— ANI (@ANI) September 10, 2017
He added that the government will get the case investigated by any agency until the parents of the victim are satisfied.
Agar mata-pita jaanch se santusth nahi honge toh kisi bhi agency se Haryana gvt jaanch karane ko tayar hai: Haryana Education Min #Gurugram pic.twitter.com/GvrwPYtI9q
— ANI (@ANI) September 10, 2017
Meanwhile, angry parents protesting against school authorities burned down a liquor shop outside the campus, according to CNN-News18. Police resorted to lathi charge to control the crowd, according to the report.
Police lathi charge parents protesting outside Ryan International School over the death of 7-year-old Pradyuman. #RyanMustPay pic.twitter.com/1Quc16PouE
— News18 (@CNNnews18) September 10, 2017
On Saturday, with questions raised over security lapses that led to the murder, the Gurugram district administration announced a committee to find out whether there were any slip-ups and promised to conclude the probe and filing of a chargesheet within seven days. “We have set up a committee to prepare a comprehensive report about the security lapses in the school. The report will be submitted by Monday. The further course of action would be taken on the basis of the report,” Gurugram deputy commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh said. He said the committee would also probe whether any such prior incident had occurred on the school campus. With inputs from IANS
