Pradhyumn was murdered in September

NEW DELHI: In what's a chilling development, the CBI said today that it was a Class XI student who killed seven-year-old Pradhyumn Thakur in Gurugram in September, hoping the incident on school premises would lead to the postponement of an upcoming examination and parent-teacher meeting.

The CBI said it apprehended the Class XI Ryan International School student last night. He's said to be 16 years old. His name was not made public because he's a minor.

Pradhyumn, a student at Gurugram's Ryan International School , was found with his throat slit in the bathroom of the school on September 8. Days later, the police arrested a school bus conductor for the murder; he allegedly confessed to killing Pradhyumn.

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The CBI - which took over the case from the Gurugram police on September 22 - said today the bus conductor, Ashok Kumar, had no role in the murder , something his family and friends had maintained throughout the investigation.

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The investigating agency said the Class XI student, who was apprehended last night, was interrogated on the basis of CCTV footage which showed him coming out of the school bathroom where Pradhyumn's body was found.

The CBI further said that the 16-year-old will be produced before juvenile justice court today. After he's taken into custody, he will be further interrogated about the murder weapon, the planning of the crime and its motive.



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