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The parents of the 11-year-old schoolboy, who was allegedly murdered at the school in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, demanded justice for their son and said the accused should be hanged.
According to the police, the boy was allegedly murdered on September 23 at the hostel of a private school in Hathras. Father of the deceased, Shrikishan Kushwaha, said that his son was "brutally murdered" and demanded the accused to behanged to death." "My son was strangled, he was brutally murdered, His neck's bone was broken, his lips turned blue, I want them to be at least hanged to death. I want justice." Speaking to ANI, Shrikishan Kuswaha said, "At 5, I received the call of the school manager telling me that your son's health is very poor, come here. The school is 6 km from here. I asked them to bring my son here, but he refused. But when I called him, reaching midway, they told me that they had left the school. I called again, and they told me they are in Shahadabad and then said that they are in Khandoli. They have misled me. After 1.5 hour, Dinesh Bhagel was found with my son's body in a vehicle. He was intoxicated. One more person was involved, Laxman Sing, but he was not in the vehicle." Mother of the deceased, Kamlesh, grieving the death of her son, demanded the school be razed down by bulldozer. "Bulldozer should be run on the school. There should be a CBI inquiry in the case...the culprits should be hanged." Kamlesh said. On the reports of 'sacrifice' of the schoolboy, the deceased's father said, "My son was studying there for 4 years. I don't think there was any ritual performed there. He wasn't sacrificed. He was brutally murdered. I want an SIT team to investigate the matter." National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson Priyank Kanungo also responded to the death of a schoolboy in Hathras and labelled the crime as 'unforgivable' and a result of 'carelessness'. "The heinous crime that took place is unforgivable and a result of carelessness. The commission has taken cognisance of the incident. A team of NCPCR from Delhi will go to investigate this. Under the leadership of the state commission chairperson, this incident will be probed and a report will be submitted to us. Prima facie, it appears that rules were broken, guidelines of government of India were not followed," he said. Earlier in the day, UP Police arrested five people in connection with the alleged murder. The accused have been identified as Ramprakash Solanki, Dinesh Baghel, Jashodhan Singh alias Bhagat ji, Laxman Singh, and Virpal Singh alias Viru. The five accused have been booked under section 103(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sent to judicial custody, said police. The FIR was registered on the basis of the statement of a man, who stated that Dinesh Baghel and other accused told him that they strangled his son and killed him on September 23. As per the FIR, the child lived in the hostel of the school. Hathras Additional Superintendent of Police, Ashok Kumar Singh, said, "On 23rd September, a student was murdered at the hostel of D.L. Public School under Sahpau PS. A case was registered under relevant sections on the basis of the statement of the complainant. Five accused, including the owner of the school, have been arrested. They have been sent to judicial custody. Police will take action by investigating all angles." (ANI)
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