{"id":7883,"date":"2010-12-21T21:40:49","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T16:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=7883"},"modified":"2010-12-21T21:40:49","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T16:10:49","slug":"ruchika-case-witness-accuses-cbi-of-shielding-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ruchika-case-witness-accuses-cbi-of-shielding-cops","title":{"rendered":"Ruchika case: Witness accuses CBI of shielding cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Ruchika-Girhotra.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7884\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ruchika-case-witness-accuses-cbi-of-shielding-cops\/ruchika-girhotra\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/Ruchika-Girhotra.jpg?fit=238%2C212&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"238,212\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ruchika Girhotra\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/Ruchika-Girhotra.jpg?fit=150%2C133&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/Ruchika-Girhotra.jpg?fit=238%2C212&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7884\" title=\"Ruchika Girhotra\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Ruchika-Girhotra.jpg?resize=238%2C212&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/Ruchika-Girhotra.jpg?w=238&amp;ssl=1 238w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/Ruchika-Girhotra.jpg?resize=150%2C133&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a>A witness in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case on Tuesday said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while filing a closure report in a court ignored his statement that the dead girl&#8217;s brother was tortured by police. Vijay Dheer told reporters in Panchkula that he told CBI officials that he had seen Ruchika&#8217;s brother Ashu Girhotra being paraded half-naked but his statement was not mentioned in the report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ashu was paraded half-naked in the street, in front of his house. He was also tortured by police before everyone. I told this to CBI but they did not pay any heed and completely ignored it in their report,&#8221; said Dheer.<\/p>\n<p>The CBI, having failed to gather proof against former Haryana police chief S P S Rathore, 69, submitted a closure report before a court last month pertaining to two first information reports (FIRs) that were registered against him Dec 29 last year.<\/p>\n<p>The two FIRs were registered against Rathore on the complaint of Ruchika&#8217;s father S C Girhotra and brother.<\/p>\n<p>He was booked for non-bailable charges like attempt to murder, criminal intimidation, forging evidence, wrongful confinement, fabricating false evidence, custodial torture and criminal conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>A third case in which Rathore was booked for abetting Ruchika&#8217;s suicide is pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The CBI is favouring Rathore and is biased towards him. We want them to record the statements of Vijay Dheer and withdraw their closure report,&#8221; Ruchika&#8217;s father told .<\/p>\n<p>Rathore was May 25 sent to jail by the the district and sessions court of Chandigarh which upheld his conviction in the molestation case by a CBI special court in December last year and enhanced his jail term to 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to six months rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 1,000 by the CBI special court. He was immediately granted bail then.<\/p>\n<p>Rathore was released from the high-security Burail jail here Nov 12, 2010 after he got bail from the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A witness in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case on Tuesday said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while filing a closure report in a court ignored his statement that the dead girl&#8217;s brother was tortured by police. 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