Ryan boy death: Parents allege sexual assault, Sisodia slams probe

New Delhi: Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged that investigations into the death of a boy in a south Delhi school ignored allegations of sexual assault raised by the parents.

This even as Delhi police sources said doctors who conducted the autopsy found no injuries on his body and that the death was due to drowning.

The boy's father Ramhet Meena has alleged that the boy was possibly sodomised and that his death was not an accident.

Meena said there were injury marks on his body including private parts and that the principal has threatened them to keep quiet over the issue.

"I saw the body. There were some injury marks and cotton on his private parts. The principal has been threatening me since the beginning saying that keeping quiet will be good for me...," he said

He also pointed out that there was no way the little boy could have removed the 20kg cover of the tank by himself.

"Why did he take off his shoes before falling? The school has cameras everywhere. Where were they that day?" Meena asked.

Six-year-old Devansh Kakrora was found drowned in the tank of Ryan International school a week ago. School principal Sandhya Sabu, a teacher and three staffers of the school were arrested and charged under Section 304A (death due to negligence).

Sisodia also hit out at the school authorities for suggesting that the child was "special" and needed constant monitoring,

"How can a school be so irresponsible. To say the child was mentally unstable was shying away from responsibility," he said.

Meanwhile, Delhi Police have sent a questionnnaire to the school’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ryan Pinto and its manager Francis Thomas over observations that it did not meet building completion norms.

In the questionnaire police sought details of the charter of duties, construction plan of the school building and approval by various civic agencies.

Police sources said the school was yet to receive the “completion certificate” from civic agencies which has been pending since 1993. The school was mandated to construct the building in accordance with the plan sanctioned and approved by the Delhi Development Authority.