New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the plea of a father whose seven-year-old son was found murdered in Gurgaon's Ryan International School last week. Varun Thakur is seeking investigation by the CBI or an SIT into the case. 

The matter was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra which said the plea would be heard today subject to clearance by the apex court registry. Thakur's counsel told the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, that they were in the process of filing petition with the apex court registry.     

 The top court also agreed to hear a separate PIL ,which has raised the issue of lack of safety measures in private schools across the country. The boy was found with his throat slit and lying in a pool of blood in a washroom of the upmarket Gurgaon school on September 8. 

Ashok Kumar, one of the school's bus conductors, who allegedly killed the boy while trying to sexually abuse him, was arrested the same day.

 A large number of policemen are present at the school a day after violence erupted during a protest by parents and local residents. Protesters set fire to a liquor shop in the neighbourhood, prompting the police to use lathis or batons to control the mob. 

A police officer was suspended today for using force against journalists covering the protest. A school bus conductor, Ashok, was arrested the same night; the police say he has confessed that he tried to sexually assault the boy and killed him when he resisted. 

The parents of the boy have demanded a CBI investigation and have filed a petition in the Supreme Court. A report by a three-member Special Investigation Team has said many of the CCTV cameras installed in the school campus were not working. 

The team also found that there were no separate toilets for school bus conductors and drivers, which meant they went to the same toilet used by students. The school management informed parents yesterday that it will be closed for another two days "to express our solidarity with the parents and family of the child." PTI