Tuesday, May 25, 2010

India 'sex crime' ex-police chief jail term increased

Ruchika Girhotra
Ruchika was a budding tennis player

A court in India's Chandigarh city has increased the jail term of a former senior police officer convicted for molesting a 14-year-old girl.

SPS Rathore has been ordered to spend 18 months in jail. A court earlier passed down a six month sentence.

In January the court found him guilty of molesting Ruchika Girhotra in 1990.

She committed suicide three years later after she and her family were subject to a harassment campaign. There was public outrage over the first sentence.

Ruchika's family and activists said he has got away with a "very light punishment".

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