Ryan murder: Ashok Kumar, who alleged police torture, in ill health after 75-day jail stint
Ryan school bus conductor Ashok Kumar, who was accused of killing Pradyuman Thakur, has complained of chest pains and difficulty in breathing after being released from jail.
In Short
- Ashok Kumar complains of chest pain, difficulty in breathing.
- Kumar was released on bail earlier this week.
- The Ryan murder accused has alleged that he was tortured by Gurgaon Police.
Ashok Kumar, the school bus conductor arrested by Gurgaon Police for the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur, has complained of chest pain and difficulty in breathing after being released on bail.
A day after Ashok was released from the Gurugram Jail, his health has deteriorated. The villagers of Ghamroj have now started collecting money for treatment. His neighbour Mahesh Raghav said that, "He is complaining of severe pain in chest and breathlessness. I spoke to doctors and they have recommended some tests and hospitalisation on immediate basis. Now we are collecting money and soon will shift him to hospital."
On Wednesday, Ashok confined himself inside a room and avoided speaking to anyone as he is having difficulty in talking. "Ashok told me that while he was in Gurugram Police custody, he was mercilessly beaten up on his chest. This is why he having continuous pain in chest," added Mahesh.
Kumar, who spent 75 days in jail, has alleged torture at the hands of Gurgaon Police, which initially investigated the Pradyuman murder case.
A local court released him on bail this week after the Central Bureau of Investigation, which was handed over the probe, said it did not have any evidence to support the theory that Kumar was involved in killing Pradyuman.
The CBI has instead accused a Class XI student of Gurgaon's Ryan International School of killing Pradyuman, who was the juvenile accused junior, in the hopes of getting an examination postponed.
The CBI also rejected the Gurgaon Police theory that Ashok killed Pradyuman after attempting to sexually abuse the boy, but stopped short of giving the Ryan school bus conductor a clean chit.
A Gurgaon court went ahead and released Ashok Kumar on bail; he walked out of a jail Wednesday evening.
Earlier today, Ashok confirmed what the CBI had told the court - that the Gurgaon cops had tortured him in order to force a confession out of him. Ashok, who was arrested just hours after Pradyuman was killed at the Ryan International School, had confessed to killing the boy in front of media cameras a day after the murder.
Speaking up after Ashok returned home from jail, his wife said the Gurgaon Police "hung him upside down, tortured him and even sedated him (in order to get him) to confess (to killing Pradyuman)."
"We knew from the beginning that he wasn't involved in the murder. The Gurgaon Police did not carry out a proper investigation," she added.
(With inputs from Munish Pandey)
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