Doctor examines Rathore in jail
By IANSTuesday, May 25, 2010
CHANDIGARH - A government doctor Tuesday examined disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore in the Burail jail here after he was arrested and jailed for 18 months for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990.
A doctor from a government hospital reached Burail jail and examined Rathore after a directive from the district and sessions court.
“Rathore said that he had some medical complications and complained about poor health. We called a doctor from the government hospital in Sector 16 to check his health and condition,” Assistant Inspector General (Prisons) N.P.S. Randhawa told IANS.
“We are taking full care of Rathore’s medical requirements,” he added.
In a desperate attempt to save Rathore from going to jail, his wife and counsel Abha Rathore had pleaded with Additional District and Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh that Rathore had an appointment with a doctor at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here at 4 p.m. Tuesday and was not keeping good health.
However, the judge turned down the plea and directed that documents regarding his medical condition be given to the jail superintendent.
The judge had earlier Tuesday enhanced his jail sentence from six to 18 months.
Rathore, 68, was taken into custody by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) soon after the court rejected his appeal against his December 2009 conviction in a CBI special court.
Abha Rathore also reached Burail jail to meet her husband Tuesday evening but she was not allowed to go inside the premises as the meeting time for visitors was over.
She then gave some medicines, clothes and some documents (health reports of Rathore) to the security personnel, who were deployed outside the jail.
Rathore, a former director general of police (DGP) in Haryana, filed a plea in January challenging his conviction December last year by a CBI special court here for molesting 15-year-old Ruchika Aug 12, 1990.
Ruchika committed suicide three years after Rathore molested her in Panchkula town, adjoining Chandigarh.
