Ryan Schoolkid Pradhyumn's Mother Wants To Meet Juvenile Murder Accused To Ask Why He Did So

The arrest of a Class XI student by the CBI has brought some relief to the family of Pradhyumn, who was brutally murdered in his school in Gurgaon in September.

For them, it is the vindication of their belief and persistence that the driver who was arrested by the police was not the culprit. Pradhyumn's mother Jyoti Thakur said she wanted to confront the accused.

"We don't know who this kid is. Perhaps Pradhyumn knew him as a student of the same school. I want to ask him why he killed my son."

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The family said they want the 16-year-old suspect, to be tried as an adult. "From Day 1, I had serious doubts about bus conductor Ashok Kumar being the murderer," the father of the murdered Ryan International School student said.

"The teenager apprehended by CBI should be tried as an adult," he added, adding only a criminal mind could have carried out this crime. Barun said if the teenager is tried as a juvenile, the school should also be prosecuted. "I don't buy this theory that he committed the murder to postpone exams," he said.

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CBI officers said the accused student is a little older than 16. His family and lawyer were evasive when aksed about his age. Experts said the Juvenile Justice Board will decide whether he'll face trial as an adult or a minor.

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Parliament passed an amendment to change the law to allow juveniles aged between 16 and 18 accused in heinous crimes to be tried as adults after national outrage over Nirbhaya's gang-rape and murder in Delhi in 2012 in which one of her attackers was a minor.