The Central Bureau of Investigation has told the Juvenile Justice Board that the teenager apprehended for the murder of seven-year-old fellow schoolmate was identified on the basis of reconstruction of sequence of events, analysis of CCTV footage, and questioning of students, teachers and staff.
The CBI, in its application to the JJ Board on Wednesday seeking custody of the juvenile in conflict with law, said the boy had admitted to his involvement in the crime, in the presence of his father, independent witnesses and the agency welfare officer.
The application said the juvenile was identified and apprehended around 11.30 p.m. on Tuesday based on minute inspection of the crime scene, analysis of CCTV footage, movement of students near the crime scene on the day of the incident, questioning of students, staff and other employees of the school and reconstruction of sequence of events. The agency declared the date of birth of the juvenile in his application as April 3, 2001.
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After he was apprehended, the juvenile was sent to Sewa Kutir at Kingsway Camp in New Delhi around 3.30 a.m. on Wednesday.
Custodial interrogation
Seeking six-day custody of the teenager, the agency said his custodial interrogation was required to ascertain the details of other persons, if any, involved in the crime.
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The CBI said the juvenile was also required to be questioned to identify the shop from where the knife was procured to recreate the scene of crime and collect more evidence. The CBI had on Wednesday said that the 16-year-old Class XI student of Ryan International School was apprehended in connection with the killing of the Class II student of the same school.