Pune:The Haryana Police on Sunday arrested an absconding accused in a 1993 auto theft case in which Ashu, brother of molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra, was falsely implicated. It was alleged that Ashu was implicated at the behest of former state Director
General of Police (DGP) S P S Rathore. A team of Haryana Police assisted by their
Maharashtra counterparts nabbed Gajinder Singh from Baner Road area. Singh used
to run a dhaba in this area. Singh, a proclaimed offender had been absconding
since 1997. On December 21, 2009, Rathore was awarded a six-month jail term by
a CBI court for molesting Ruchika in 1990 when he was an IGP. Ruchika committed
suicide three years later. Ruchika's father Subhash and Ashu had recently filed
two fresh complaints against Rathore. On Friday, Rathore's anticipatory bail pleas
in connection with the two FIRs have also been rejected by a Panchkula sessions
court.
