Ruchikas kin give up legal fight against Rathore,but witness wont

Tired of fighting the system endlessly,the family of Ruchika Girhotra,a minor who committed suicide after allegedly being molested by former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore,has finally given up and did not contest the CBIs closure reports dropping torture charges against the cop.

The CBI reports say there is no evidence to prove that Ruchikas brother Ashu was tortured in police custody or that the signatures of her father,S C Girhotra,had been forged on the victims post-mortem report. The closure reports were accepted by the court in Panchkula Friday. S C Girhotra and Ashu raised no objection to the CBI move.

However,Anand Prakash,a friend of the Girhotras who had spearheaded the fight for justice for Ruchika,said the victims father told him they were disappointed over CBI filing the closure reports. Girhotra told me he wants to lead a peaceful life now and cannot continue fighting the system endlessly, he said. It seems that Girhotras were under pressure from someone.

Prakash,whose daughter Aradhna was an eyewitness in the case ,said he would move the HC against the closure reports. We are not going to give up, he said.