G D Goenka School Death Case: SC sets to hear the plea of parents for CBI probe

The parents of 9-year old Armaan Sehgal, who died mysteriously in the G D Goenka Public School, Indirapuram branch moves to the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe in their son's death, among other relief.

The court on Monday will hear the petition moved by Swati and Gulshan Sehgal. Earlier this they approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking justice and fair CBI probe into their son's mysterious death.

Recently, in the Ryan International School boy death case the parents have also moved to the Supreme Court seeking CBI probe into the case. The seven-year-old was alleged to be murdered by the bus conductor inside the school premises.

The petition of Armaan's parents was mentioned in the morning before the court, which ordered for it to be listed on Monday.

The counsel Gurmeet Singh on behalf of Swati and Gulshan Sehgal said the parents have sought a CBI probe for justice for their son to ensure a safer environment in schools for children.

Armaan Sehgal was a Class IV student of GD Goenka Public School at Ghaziabad's Indirapuram. On August 1, his father dropped him at the school at 7:50 am. The parents received a phone call sometime later about the incident. They rushed to Shanti Gopal hospital, but were told that Armaan was brought dead to the hospital. The documents show Armaan was brought to the hospital at 8 am.The alleged Armaan has fallen down in the corridor near his classroom and died. A medical room staff said he was also kept in the school's medical room for about 5 minutes.

In Armaan's case, the parents have been alleging foul play as they claim that his post-mortem report clearly indicates fracture of the base of skull and fracture of the nasal bone. It is to be noted that Armaan was taken to the hospital in the car of a teacher, as there was no ambulance. There was no oxygen or any trained medical staff in the medical room of the school.

Their counsel Gurmeet Singh detailed all loopholes in the investigation and various aspects which the investigating agency has failed to look into, such as the alleged visible signs of CCTVs having been removed from the corridor where Armaan allegedly suffered the fall. He also sought probe into the angle of lack of preparedness of medical room in the school for any emergency and absence of a qualified doctor.

The parents have been vocal about collusion between school and hospital to cover up their son's death. Reeling under the shock still, they have also complained against the school management for wiping clean the corridor where Armaan had suffered the fall and removing the CCTV.