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Neerja Batra was suspended for negligence of duty after Pradyuman Thakur, a Class II student, was found dead in school's washroom with his throat slit on September 5.
Updated : Oct 02, 2017, 03:41 PM IST
The suspended principal of Ryan International School ( Bhondsi), where a seven-year-old student was brutally murdered, has joined the private school's Gurugram Sec-40 branch as a teacher.
Neerja Batra was suspended for negligence of duty after Pradyuman Thakur, a Class II student, was found dead in school's washroom with his throat slit on September 5.
#PradyumanMurderCase: Suspended Principal of Ryan International School (Bhondsi), Neerja Batra joins Gurugram's Sector- 40 branch as teacher
— ANI (@ANI) October 2, 2017
The news of Batra joining another school has fumed the victim's parents. "How can you expect her (Neerja Batra) to fulfill responsibilities as a teacher. It's a risk to security & safety of students," father Varun Thakur told ANI.
How can you expect her (Neerja Batra) to fulfill responsibilities as a teacher. It's a risk to security & safety of students: Varun Thakur pic.twitter.com/MFJQwHtO0u
— ANI (@ANI) October 2, 2017
In a less than month since he lost his son, Varun slammed the school's management for the move, "How can you reinstate the principal who failed to fulfill her responsibility? What is the meaning of suspension then?"
How can you reinstate the principal who failed to fulfill her responsibility? What is the meaning of suspension then?: Father of Pradyuman pic.twitter.com/hMwaDE0h8S
— ANI (@ANI) October 2, 2017
The parents in Sector 40 were also outraged over school's latest decision. “She was suspended for negligence in delivering her duties and now the management cannot assign her a new task in another branch. How can they reinstate an employee who is found guilty of not doing her job responsibly?” a parent, Ramneek Vashishtha, was reported as saying by Hindustan Times.
“Until and unless she is declared not guilty, she should remain suspended,” another Nirmala Arora said.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on September 28 had granted bail till October 7 to the founders of Ryan International School in connection to the murder.
Earlier, the Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to stay the order of Augustine F Pinto, his wife Grace and their son Ryan.
The CBI on September 22 took over the probe into the killing of Pradyuman after his father threatened to move the Supreme Court if the investigation does not start.
Ryan Pinto was also served a notice by Gurugram police which sought answers from him about security lapses in the school and names of those responsible for those lapses.