Rathore To Face CBI

Rathore To Face CBI
The CBI is likely to question former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore on Friday in connection with the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. As reported by NDTV.
Rathore was last questioned by CBI in 2000 when it was probing the molestation charge against him.
According to sources, the CBI has asked him to be present at its camp office on Friday. Ruchika Girhotra's family lawyer, Pankaj Bharadwaj, says that if Rathore is not able to justify the allegation against him, the CBI has the power to detain him and send him into custody.
Sources revealed CBI officials had visited Rathore’s house in Sector-6, Panchkula, on Sunday and served a notice to him
Since Rathore has not been given interim bail, he can, in the words of Bharadwaj, be picked up any time. The Girhotra lawyer points out that the, "CBI also knows that his custodial interrogation is required."
In December, a court sentenced Rathore to six months in prison for molesting Ruchika. After the sentence, her family and friends filed three new cases against Rathore.
The most serious case against Rathore is driving Ruchika to commit suicide.
Rathore, in 1990, molested 14-year-old Ruchika Girhotra. After Ruchika complained against him, Rathore allegedly used his position as a senior police officer in Haryana to harass her family and her. The family has in particular alleged that her brother Ashu was implicated in false cases and tortured by Rathore and that this played an important part in Ruchika committing suicide.
The Girhotra lawyer says, "Ashu is a very important witness, and they have questioned others as well...pointers very clearly show that they (CBI) are very progressing fast."
He brushes away the Veena factor, saying that "even if it is proved that she had something to do with Mr Girhotra, it would not affect the case under 306 (abetment to suicide) till the time she says I am the reason for her to commit suicide. Rather she has given a statement that she had a good relationship with Ruchika."
Veena is the mystery woman in the Ruchika Girhotra story. The Rathores claim that Ruchika's father Subhash Girhotra had married Veena and the "step-mother" was the reason Ruchika committed suicide. But Ruchika's family and friends say Veena was just a governess and Subhash Girhotra did not get married a second time.