Murder of seven-year-old boy of Gurgaon School : Principal suspended

"Principal Neerja Batra has been suspended. We took action against the security agency of the school. A special committee is probing the case," NDTV quoted Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner of Police Simardeep Singh as saying.

According to The Times of India, hundreds of parents and locals thronged outside the school building to vent their ire and some even allegedly vandalised the school property. Two persons were arrested in this connection.

The class two student, identified as Pradyuman, was found dead inside his school's toilet with his throat slit.

The incident took place a little before 8 am on Friday morning.

Following an investigation, the police later arrested the conductor of school subs.

The accused, Ashok Kumar, said that he killed the boy because the latter refused to have sex with him.

He has been working in Ryan International School for the last eight years and is  a resident of Ghamroj village in Gurgaon.

The victim's father said that he saw his son's body an hour after dropping him off at the school gate.

Holding the school authorities responsible, the grieving father was quoted in the media as saying, "My son had told me that the bus conductor would use the bathrooms. Does the school not take into account this kind of gross misconduct? The bigger culprits are the school authorities who mint money like an industry."

However, playing down the claim, the principal had told The Indian Express, "There are many times when we undertake surprise checks. This was an unfortunate incident and we are cooperating with the police. We want the culprits to be brought to justice."