New Delhi, December 26: BJP today criticised the then Om Prakash Chautala government in the Ruchika harassment case, saying it condemned the incident even if its NDA ally was in power and demanded a time-bound re-trial for a stricter punishment for convicted former top cop S P S Rathore.
“Whichever government did so, we condemn the incident outright. A time-bound re-trial, which can be completed in three months, should be ordered immediately,” BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said here.
The INLD government led by Chautala has been criticised for the harassment caused to the family of Ruchika Girhotra after they tried to file a case against Rathore, who had molested the 14-year-old in his Haryana Lawn Tennis Federation office in 1990. The girl committed suicide three years later.
Chautala has, however, claimed that he did not support Rathore and even suspended him after he was charge-sheeted.
–Agencies