CBI takes charge of Ruchika case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday took over the probe against former Haryana police chief S P S Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990, for abetting her suicide and harassing her family members.
The agency has re-registered the cases against Rathore. Three new FIRs include abetment to suicide and attempt to murder.
“CBI has taken up investigation in the three cases relating to the molestation case today,” CBI spokesperson Harsh Bhal said.
The agency has re-registered the three cases in Special Crime Zone in New Delhi and has asked all persons in the know of facts and circumstances of these cases and those who are willing to give evidence in the court to inform the agency
. The first case has been registered under various sections of the IPC, including abetment to suicide against the ex DGP, then Superintendent of Police K P Singh, Sub Inspector Prem Dutt and two Assistant Sub-Inspectors Jai Narain and Sewa Singh, all from Haryana police besides others.
