CHANDIGARH: A public interest litigation (PIL) was on Monday filed against
the Chandigarh based Sacred Heart School, where Ruchika Girhotra studied. (
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The school had claimed that Ruchika Girhotra, who was molested by former
Harayana top cop S P S Rathore and later committed suicide, was removed on
grounds of not paying the school fees in time, but her family was not
convinced.
Ruchika's father Subhash Girhotra on Sunday lashed out at the ex-police
official and said he used his power to get Ruchika expelled from her school.
Girhotra said: "Rathore used his influence. One day the Principal called me
and told that we are removing her from the school. Don't send her to school
any more."
"The school authorities did not give us any substantial reason behind her
sudden expulsion from the school. They cited some late fees related issue as
a reason behind this, which was totally baseless," he added.
Senior advocate Ranjan Lakhanpal had earlier claimed that a case will be
filed against everybody involved in the Ruchika molestation case, including
the school for expelling her.
"We will be seeking action against the school also as to why she was
expelled, what were the reasons, and under whose pressure it was done,"
Lakhanpal had said.
Ruchika Girhotra was a student of Class 10, when former Haryana DGP Rathore
allegedly molested her in 1990.
Rathore was then Inspector General of Police and the head of the Haryana
Lawn Tennis Federation.
Teenager Ruchika, a promising young tennis star had killed herself three
years after the incident by drinking poison.
Geetanjali Giyatri, Ruchika's classmate and a former student of Sacred Heart
said, "We had heard that she was going abroad and we thought she had gone
abroad after the incident, that's why she was not showing up. We had also
heard that she had left school, that's it."
The school is tight lipped on the whole issue and is least interested in
talking about reasons for expelling Ruchika.
