December 21, 2009 9:19 PM

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Ex-Haryana DGP gets 6 months RI for molesting teenaged girl

A CBI court on Monday sentenced former Haryana Director General of Police S P S Rathore to six months rigorous imprisonment and a fine of 1000 rupees for molesting a teenaged girl who later committed suicide nineteen years ago. CBI' special magistrate J S Sidhu said Rathore will have to undergo another one month RI in case of default. Under Indian Panel Code, a person held guilty of molestation charge can face a prison term of upto two years.14-year-old Ruchika Girhotra, a promising tennis player, was molested by Rathore, the then Inspector General of Police in Haryana, on August 12, 1990. She committed suicide three years later by drinking poison.

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