Pradyuman murder case: Accused teen recreates scene, father alleges torture

New Delhi : The father of accused teen in Ryan International School murder case alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation team is torturing his son for a fake confession. The statement came shortly after a special children’s court sent the boy to a remand home in Faridabad till November 22.

“My son was tortured, beaten, hung upside down and his head submerged into water by CBI investigators to obtain a confession,” he told reporters.

The CBI had arrested him on Wednesday after he confessed that the crime was conducted with a motive of getting examinations postponed.

Earlier on Saturday, CBI investigators took the boy to the incident spot and where he recreated the sequence of events. The agency also took the boy to a shop in Sohna where he allegedly purchased the knife was used in the murder.

“We have cooperated with the agency and took our son for questioning four times during which they did not tell us anything. On September 24, the agency conducted a search of his room and took away his laptop, mobile phone, school bags, clothes and other items for verification. There was no blood on his clothes, no one saw him committing anything wrong. My son is being framed by the agency,” the father outside the court.