New Delhi, Delhi, India

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing the case of 7-year-old Ryan school student's death, reportedly has no leads behind the arrest of bus conductor Ashok Kumar who was arrested by the Haryana police on Thursday.  

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The CBI had provided a statement during Ashok's bail plea in a Gurugram court, after which officials said that action will be taken if anything would be found during the investigation. 

"The court asked on what basis Ashok was arrested. The CBI was not able to give a response to it. Now, the court has asked the CBI to file a detailed reply by 2:00 pm after which the arguments will be heard," Ashok's lawyer, Mohit Verma, told ANI.

Previously, the Haryana Police had admitted that they arrested Ashok 'by mistake' after claiming that the bus conductor was a paedophile, without going through the CCTV footage. 

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"We have been saying this for long that he is innocent. This is a conspiracy hatched by the school administration and the police. My husband was tortured by the police to extract the confession. We want proper investigation and justice," Mamata, wife of bus conductor Ashok, said.

The conductor’s counsel had decided to move a bail plea in the court after the bus conductor was declared innocent.

The bail plea pending before the court is scheduled for a hearing on November 20 which claims that Ashok is "falsely implicated" in the case.

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The CBI had also arrested a class 11th student with murder charges, however, the teenager had recently retracted his statement, stating that he was forced into confessing that he committed the murder.