<p>Angry parents scuffled with police in riot gear at Ryan international school near New Delhi Saturday after a staff member was arrested for slitting the throat of a seven-year-old boy during a sex assault.<br /><br />Hundreds of parents on Friday stormed Ryan International school in Gurgaon after the body of Pradyuman Thakur was found in a school bathroom.<br /><br />Police said he was attacked with a knife after resisting a sex attack inside a lavatory. A bus attendant at the school has been arrested for the killing.<br /><br />"The accused has confessed to the crime during questioning," Simardeep Singh, a deputy commissioner of police in Gurgaon, told AFP.<br /><br />The boy resisted the sexual assault and the attacker decided to kill him to cover up the crime, Singh said.<br /><br />The suspect had been working at the school for eight months, the officer said.<br /><br />Parents of the nearly 1,000 students at the school tried to storm the campus on Saturday to demand the arrest of school managers over the case.<br /><br />But hundreds of police in riot gear guarded the building to avoid a repeat of violence on Friday when chairs and cupboards were smashed.<br /><br />The school has suspended the principal and assured cooperation with the investigators.<br /><br />Authorities said they had launched an investigation into security at the school.<br /><br />India's swelling middle class has fuelled the growth of private schools in the country that has a crumbling public education system, but a lack of government regulation is a concern for parents.<br /><br />Ranked one of the top educational institutions, Ryan international runs nearly 150 schools across India and in the United Arab Emirates.<br /><br />The school was caught in another controversy last year after a six-year-old student was found dead in a water tank at its New Delhi establishment. Police arrested the principal, a teacher and three other staff for negligence in that case.</p>
<p>Angry parents scuffled with police in riot gear at Ryan international school near New Delhi Saturday after a staff member was arrested for slitting the throat of a seven-year-old boy during a sex assault.<br /><br />Hundreds of parents on Friday stormed Ryan International school in Gurgaon after the body of Pradyuman Thakur was found in a school bathroom.<br /><br />Police said he was attacked with a knife after resisting a sex attack inside a lavatory. A bus attendant at the school has been arrested for the killing.<br /><br />"The accused has confessed to the crime during questioning," Simardeep Singh, a deputy commissioner of police in Gurgaon, told AFP.<br /><br />The boy resisted the sexual assault and the attacker decided to kill him to cover up the crime, Singh said.<br /><br />The suspect had been working at the school for eight months, the officer said.<br /><br />Parents of the nearly 1,000 students at the school tried to storm the campus on Saturday to demand the arrest of school managers over the case.<br /><br />But hundreds of police in riot gear guarded the building to avoid a repeat of violence on Friday when chairs and cupboards were smashed.<br /><br />The school has suspended the principal and assured cooperation with the investigators.<br /><br />Authorities said they had launched an investigation into security at the school.<br /><br />India's swelling middle class has fuelled the growth of private schools in the country that has a crumbling public education system, but a lack of government regulation is a concern for parents.<br /><br />Ranked one of the top educational institutions, Ryan international runs nearly 150 schools across India and in the United Arab Emirates.<br /><br />The school was caught in another controversy last year after a six-year-old student was found dead in a water tank at its New Delhi establishment. Police arrested the principal, a teacher and three other staff for negligence in that case.</p>