Ruchika’s dad meets PC; Govt to support Rathore death PIL

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 20:25

Tags: Ruchika Girhotra, Chidambaram

Ruchika’s dad meets PC; Govt to support Rathore death PIL

Zeenews Bureau

New Delhi: The Girhotras got support from the highest quarter on Wednesday after they met with Union Home Minister P Chidambaram who assured them full support in the case of molestation of Ruchika Girhotra by Haryana’s former DGP SPS Rathore in 1990.

Ruchika’s father Subhash Chander Girhotra, his lawyer Pankaj Bhardwaj and Anand Prakash, their family friend met with Chidambaram at the latter’s invitation. They discussed the 19 year old case with the Minister who, they told the media, gave them a patient hearing.

"We are completely satisfied with the meeting. The Home Minister knew everything about the case," Bhardwaj said outside the Home Ministry here.

He added that the minister had discussed the possibility of slapping the charge of abetment of suicide of a minor against Rathore, amongst other options available. Bhardwaj said he had also suggested what all legal remedies were available for a stricter punishment to Rathore.

“I have been asked by him to provide all documents related to the litigation. We will be most likely called again by the minister,” he said.

Ruchika’s father also said they were satisfies at the meet’s outcome.

“The minister gave us a patient hearing. He was very sympathetic towards us,” Girhotra added.

The noose around the former Haryana top cop, who has found guilty of molesting 14-year-old Ruchika, who later committed suicide, was tightened last night with the police registering two FIRs and moves were afoot to file a fresh case of abetment to suicide.

Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily told a TV channel he would support a PIL seeking death sentence against Rathore.

“All those people who conspired or abetted in this offence will be lined up as accused--that is possible and that is how this case has to be shown as a model case for the entire world,” he added.

Haryana police has registered two FIRs on the basis of complaints by Ruchika's father Subhash Chander Girhotra and her brother Ashu regarding alleged tampering of the post-mortem report by police and harassment of Ashu including attempt to murder him.

Rathore today sough interim bail from the Panchkula sessions court but was denied the same.

The Union Home and Law Ministries are also considering appealing against the trial court's verdict in the case to seek enhanced punishment for Rathore.

First Published: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 20:25

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Vishal Sharma - Mumbai
The govt. of India must enact a law and bring about an amendment to Sec 306 dealing with abetment of suicide. This amendment must apply to abetment to suicide after commitment of a sexual offense by people in uniform and subsequent harassment. The punishment must be life imprisonment, with an addendum, that if the culprit in uniform misuses his office and position to delay to course of justice and harasses the victim and the family members, as was done in Ruchika`s case, then the punishment must be enhanced to the punishment of hanging till death. Ruchika`s case has shaken the collective conscience of the entire nation. A special law ought to be passed by parliament that is specific to this case so that the penalty of death can be made imposable on the culprit and his fellow officers who participated in the in-human torture and harassment of Ruchika`s brother and the filing of false cases against him. These people should be held equally guilty in the abetment process along with the school principal of the school which expelled the victim minor girl. Shocking. The people of this nation demand justice from the system, and this justice must be so severe that it ought to reverberate in the evil spines of the conspirators for years to come.

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Mayank - Mumbai
Rathore case is true reflection of lack-lustured judiciary system and truly suits our society where general public is more scared of police and politicians than the so called anti-social elements. Rathore, no doubt, must get capital punishment but what about so many others who either were partner in crime or buckled under the pressure of a corrupt DGP ? The law-system must deal with these peoples as strictly as rathore because they are equally responsible for Ruchika`s death.

I would put Ruchika`s school administrator on top of the list of such entities who resticated her under pressure from rathore and she could never come back from there !

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debasish - INDIA
Time already has come to judge n consider whether men of power n authority in Govt org or elsewhere.should be spared for commiting unpardonable crime or let the situation go as it is. No remedy will result Bumerange. SEE n take lesson from W.B developement

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K.Venugopal - Mumbai
It is good that the UPA government is supportive of the idea of death sentence to Rathore. The guy deserves it. But what about our infamous Afzal Guru? He organized the Parliament attack which killed cops and almost destabilized India. The Supreme Court has awarded him the noose. But UPA government does not want to go ahead because it wants to appease Muslim votes. Rathore, of course, is a Hindu.