Ryan International murder case: Group's northern zone head sent to 3-day police custody, HR head to judicial custody

Gurgaon: Ryan International Group’s northern zone head Francis Thomas was sent to three days police custody while the school’s human resource head Jeyus Thomas to five days judicial custody by a Sohna court in connection with the murder of a seven-year-old student. [caption id=“attachment_4039027” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File image of Ryan International. PTI[/caption] The Gurgaon Police had arrested Francis and Jeyus, under relevant sections of the IPC and Juvenile Justice Act, following the gruesome murder of Pradhuman on Friday. The schoolboy’s body was found in a washroom with the throat slit. Francis was sent to police custody till 16 September while Jeyus to judicial custody till 18 September by the court, an SIT officer said. Earlier in the day, five days after the gruesome murder, SIT teams searched the school premises for clues to the crime while a CBSE panel also inspected it to examine loopholes in the security arrangements. The Gurgaon Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the crime also took samples of fingerprints and shoes at the crime scene, including the toilet, a day after recreating the sequence of events there. The SIT clicked photos and shot videos of the suspected places to examine the nature of the crime again.