The National Commission for Women (NCW), has written to the Centre and the Haryana government to move fresh applications against former DGP of Haryana SPS Rathore on charges of abetment to suicide of Ruchika, attempt to murder of her brother and criminal conspiracy. Chairperson of the NCW, Girija Vyas told reporters in Delhi that the commission will be fully supportive in securing civil damages for the victim's family. CBI also said that it will consult Law and Home Ministries on appealing against the trial court judgment in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. CBI Spokesman Harsh Bhal said, it will also explore filing charges of abetment to suicide. Union Home Ministry has called Ruchika's lawyer for consultations on Wednesday.<br/>In a related development, the Chandigarh Administration has ordered a probe against the school which had expelled Ruchika Girhotra after her molestation by former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore. The probe, ordered by Education Secretary Ram Niwas, has been initiated to ascertain the causes which led to the expulsion of then 14-year old Ruchika. Sixteen years after molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra died this day after consuming poison, her friends and family members today took out a march at Panchkula in Haryana and lit a lamp outside the house where the teenager once lived. <br/><br/>
News On AIR | December 29, 2009 9:00 PM
Demand grows for harsher punishment to Rathore in Ruchika case