Police slaps abetment to suicide charge against Rathore

Panckula, January 05: In further trouble for disgraced former DGP SPS Rathore, Haryana Police today slapped a fresh charge of abetment to suicide against him in the molestation case.

A third FIR against Rathore and some others was filed under section 306 (abetment to suicide) of IPC at the Sector 5 Police Station here, Superintendent of Police Maneesh Chaudhary told PTI.

He said the Panchkula Police has recommended that this case also be handed over to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which is probing the two other new cases against Rathore, who was handed down a lighter punishment of six months jail term for molesting a minor in 1990.

The SIT will subsequently recommend to the state government to hand over the three cases to the CBI as demanded by the family of the victim, the SP said.

—PTI