Ryan murder case: On what basis was conductor Ashok arrested? Court asks CBI

The Haryana Police had earlier admitted to committing a mistake while accusing Ashok of Pradyuman's murder.

GURUGRAM: A Gurugram court on Thursday questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for arresting conductor Ashok in connection with the murder of eight-year-old Pradyuman Thakur in Ryan International school.

The court asked CBI that on what basis was Ashok arrested? "The investigating agency was not able to give a response to the court's question," Conductor Ashok's lawyer Mohit Verma said. 

The court has asked the CBI to file a detailed reply by 2 pm on Thursday after which arguments in the case will be heard in Gurugram sessions court 

Earlier, the Haryana Police had admitted to committing a mistake while accusing Ashok of the murder. The team, which arrested the conductor and declared him a paedophile, confessed that they did not view the closed circuit television (CCTV) footage carefully. They, however, remained mum on how they missed this crucial evidence.

His family has repeatedly hinted that there might be a larger conspiracy in the murder case but asserted that Ashok was innocent. 

"We have been saying this for long that he is innocent. This is a conspiracy hatched by the school administration and the police. My husband was tortured by the police to extract the confession. We want proper investigation and justice," Mamata, wife of bus conductor Ashok, said.