Education
No relief for Pradhuman’s murderer, bail rejected
Gurugram, Jan 8 (IANS) A Sessions Court here on Monday rejected the bail plea of a Class XI student of Ryan International School, arrested for allegedly murdering Class II student Pradhuman Thakur on September 8 last year.
Lawyers for the nearly 17-year-old accused sought bail for him. Arguments from the prosecution and defence were completed on Saturday.
Said Barun Thakur, father of the murdered child: “We are happy and satisfied by the decision of the court. One day we will get justice for the innocent Pradhuman.”
“The court also slapped a Rs 21,000 fine on the defence for filing ‘unnecessary’ applications and wasting time of the court,” a prosecution lawyer told IANS.
The next hearing of the case will be held on January 22.
On January 3, the accused was presented in the Sessions Court and was sent back to the protection home for 14 days judicial custody till January 17.
Last week, for the first time, the accused was presented before the Sessions Court after the Gurugram Juvenile Justice Board on December 20 ordered that the accused would be tried as an adult. The accused is in an observation home in Faridabad in Haryana.
Officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said the accused murdered the younger boy just to defer a unit test and a scheduled parent-teacher meeting.
Police had on September 8 arrested Ashok kumar, 44, a school bus conductor, for allegedly killing the child.
The case was handed over to the CBI on September 22. It did not find any evidence against Kumar and took the Class XI student into custody on November 8. Kumar got bail on November 21.
–IANS
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Education
As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.