New Delhi:
Amidst an uproar over the Ruchika molestation issue, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said the entire case against former DGP S P S Rathore should be revisited.
The minister said the state government will explore legal options to reopen the case.
After examining (the case) legally, I think it should be revisited. Iam fully sympathising with the family (of Ruchika)," he said.
Rathore has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for molesting 14-year-old Ruchika 19 years ago.
Hooda's remarks came after CPM politburo member Brinda Karat met him inNew Delhi to demand an independent probe into the alleged politicalpatronage Rathore enjoyed after being indicted in the case. (Watch: Reopen Ruchika's case: Brinda Karat)
Karat, accompanied by friends of Ruchika's family, also sought Hooda's"pro-active role" in bringing pressure on CBI to reopen the caseagainst Rathore and to get his bail cancelled in the case.
The Haryana Chief Minister said he had already given instructions tothe DGP of the state to provide "full security" to the family.
"Whatever steps Haryana government has to take after legalconsultations, we will take," he said, pointing out that Union LawMinister Veerappa Moily has given an assurance that he would examinethe case again.
Karat told reporters outside Hooda's residence here that the ChiefMinister was, however, "non-committal" on the demand for a probe intothe alleged political sheltering the former DGP received fromsuccessive governments.
Karat said she had also urged Hooda to initiate action to deny Rathorepensionary benefits and dismiss police officers and governmentofficials, who filed false theft cases against Ruchika's brother Ashu.
She said Hooda assured her and Ruchika's friends that he would supportreopening of the case against Rathore and inclusion of criminalsections such as abetment of the teenager's suicide after examining thecase.
Meanwhile Ruchika's lawyer Pankaj Bhardwaj has said that her post-mortem report was doctored. He also said that the inquest report of police fudged. (Watch: Ruchika's inquest report fudged: Lawyer)
(With PTI inputs)
The minister said the state government will explore legal options to reopen the case.
After examining (the case) legally, I think it should be revisited. Iam fully sympathising with the family (of Ruchika)," he said.
Rathore has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for molesting 14-year-old Ruchika 19 years ago.
Hooda's remarks came after CPM politburo member Brinda Karat met him inNew Delhi to demand an independent probe into the alleged politicalpatronage Rathore enjoyed after being indicted in the case. (Watch: Reopen Ruchika's case: Brinda Karat)
Karat, accompanied by friends of Ruchika's family, also sought Hooda's"pro-active role" in bringing pressure on CBI to reopen the caseagainst Rathore and to get his bail cancelled in the case.
The Haryana Chief Minister said he had already given instructions tothe DGP of the state to provide "full security" to the family.
"Whatever steps Haryana government has to take after legalconsultations, we will take," he said, pointing out that Union LawMinister Veerappa Moily has given an assurance that he would examinethe case again.
Karat told reporters outside Hooda's residence here that the ChiefMinister was, however, "non-committal" on the demand for a probe intothe alleged political sheltering the former DGP received fromsuccessive governments.
Karat said she had also urged Hooda to initiate action to deny Rathorepensionary benefits and dismiss police officers and governmentofficials, who filed false theft cases against Ruchika's brother Ashu.
She said Hooda assured her and Ruchika's friends that he would supportreopening of the case against Rathore and inclusion of criminalsections such as abetment of the teenager's suicide after examining thecase.
Meanwhile Ruchika's lawyer Pankaj Bhardwaj has said that her post-mortem report was doctored. He also said that the inquest report of police fudged. (Watch: Ruchika's inquest report fudged: Lawyer)
(With PTI inputs)
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