Union Home Minister P Chidambaram met Ruchikas father S C Girhotra and his lawyer Pankaj Bhardwaj at his North Block office for an hour on Wednesday. Chidambaram heard the full sequence of events in the case,and asked for certain documents. Anand Prakash,father of Ruchikas friend Aradhana,was also present.
Speaking afterward,Bhardwaj described the meeting as an exchange of ideas,and said the Home Minister had essentially wanted to know about some of the documents relating to the case.
The Home Minister has heard us and we have narrated to him our side of the case. I narrated to him the entire sequence of events from 1990 till date. We have given him some documents relating to the case. We discussed what best remedy could be there, Bhardwaj said.
He is likely to hand over some more documents on Thursday.
On the possibility of adding Section 306 of the IPC abetment of suicide to the charges against former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore,Bhardwaj said,We have discussed this idea. We are still thinking about what is the best possible line of action on this.
There were so many ways of reopening the matter with regard to Section 306,Bhardwaj said. He added that the Home Ministry has the power to take up any matter,and can verify and streamline the whole process.
Ruchikas father said the Minister had given them a patient hearing,and had been very sympathetic. Girhotra reiterated his demand that politicians and bureaucrats responsible for not registering cases against Rathore and for not taking action,should be booked. He also sought quick action on the two FIRs registered by the Haryana Police yesterday.