Show cause notices issued to Rathore

December 26, 2009 11:52 am | Updated November 17, 2021 07:01 am IST - New Delhi

A-38. AMBALA-190403 - APRIL 19, 2003 - AMBALA : FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE HARYANA   S P S RATHORE OUTSIDE CBI COURT IN RUCHIKA MOLESTING CASE IN AMBALA ON SATURDAY.PTI PHOTO

A-38. AMBALA-190403 - APRIL 19, 2003 - AMBALA : FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE HARYANA S P S RATHORE OUTSIDE CBI COURT IN RUCHIKA MOLESTING CASE IN AMBALA ON SATURDAY.PTI PHOTO

The Home Ministry today slapped show cause notices on former Haryana DGP S P S Rathore, convicted in a molestation case, asking why his police medal should not be taken away and pension reduced for allegedly abusing power.

The notices were served on Mr. Rathore, who has been sentenced by a court to six months of jail for molesting a teenager 19 years ago, Home Ministry sources said.

They said his conduct was allegedly unbecoming of a police officer.

With the light sentence awarded to him creating uproar, Mr. Rathore has been asked why his 1985 Police Medal for Meritorious Services should not be withdrawn and pension benefits reduced.

Mr. Rathore, a 1965-batch IPS officer who retired in 2002, was awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious service on August 15, 1985. However, he was never considered for President’s Police Medal following an internal report of Intelligence Bureau.

The 14-year old budding tennis player was molested in 1990 by Mr. Rathore, the then Inspector General of Police. She committed suicide three years later by consuming poison as the police official continued to harass her family.

She was expelled from school and false cases were slapped against her brother, her family had said.

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