By IANS,
Chandigarh : The following is the chronology of events in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case and subsequent events.
* Aug 12, 1990: Haryana Inspector General of Police (IGP) S.P.S. Rathore, also the Haryana Lawn Tennis Association president, molests 14-year-old budding tennis player Ruchika Girhotra in his office room.
* Aug 16, 1990- Complaint made to chief minister Hukam Singh and home secretary.
* Aug 17, 1990- Hukam Singh asks Director General of Police (DGP) R.R. Singh to investigate the matter.
* Aug 18, 1990 – Police registers Daily Development Report (DDR) against Rathore wide DDR no. 12.
* Sep 3, 1990 – DGP R.R. Singh finds Rathore prima facie guilty, submits report. Recommends FIR in the matter. Later, new DGP R.K. Hooda and Home Secretary J.K. Duggal recommend departmental action and chargesheet against Rathore.
* March 12, 1991 – Home Minister Sampat Singh consents to the departmental action. Forwards it to Chief Minister Hukam Singh.
* March 13, 1991- Hukam Singh gives his consent to the proposal.
* March 22, 1991 – Om Parkash Chautala becomes new chief Minister of Haryana. Hukam Singh leaves the chief minister’s post. Chautala remains chief minister for 14 days amid political turbulence and instability.
* April 6, 1991 – President’s Rule is imposed in the state. Governor Dhanik Lal Mandal takes over.
* May 28, 1991 – Charge sheet approved against Rathore during governor’s rule.
* July 23, 1991 – Bhajan Lal-led Congress government takes over. Remains chief minister till May 9, 1996, during which time most of the alleged atrocities on Ruchika’s family took place.
* April 6, 1992 – FIR against Ashu, Ruchika’s brother, for car theft registered wide FIR No. 39.
* June 30, 1992 – Matter for registering FIR against Rathore taken up and Haryana legal remembracer R.K. Nehru recommended immediate registration of FIR against Rathore.
* March 30, 1993- Another FIR is registered against Ashu for car theft, wide FIR No. 473.
* May 10, 1993 – One more FIR is registered against Ashu for car theft, wide FIR No. 57.
* June 12, 1993 – Yet another FIR is registered against Ashu for car theft, wide FIR No.96.
* July 30, 1993 – One more FIR is registered against Ashu for car theft, wide FIR No. 127.
* Sep 4, 1993 – Another FIR is registered against Ashu for car theft, wide FIR No. 147. All the cases were registered under section 379 IPC.
* Oct 23, 1993 – Ashu is illegally picked by the Haryana police and kept in illegal detention for almost two months. Eleven car theft cases were registered against him.
* Dec 28, 1993 – Unable to cope with harassment imposed on her and her family, Ruchika commits suicide by consuming poison.
* Dec 29, 1993 – Ashu is released one day after Ruchika’s suicide.
* April 1994 – The charges framed against Rathore dropped during Bhajan Lal’s tenure, months after Ruchika died.
* Nov 4, 1994 – Rathore promoted as Additional DGP by Bhajan Lal government.
* May 11, 1996 – Bansi Lal becomes Haryana chief minister. Remains chief minister till 23 July, 1999 during which period Rathore was promoted as DGP.
* June 5, 1998 – Rathore suspended by Bansi Lal government in connection with a matter relating to a parole case regarding a detainee.
* Aug 21, 1998 – CBI probe is ordered in Ruchika molestation case by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
* March 3, 1999 – Rathore is reinstated as Additional DGP by Bansi Lal government.
* July 23, 1999 – Om Parkash Chautala becomes chief minister.
* Sep 30, 1999 – Departmental enquiry exonerates Rathore in molestation case, he is promoted as DGP with effect from May 20, 1999.
* Oct 10, 1999 – Rathore made Haryana’s DGP (state police chief) by the Chautala government.
* Nov 16, 2000 – CBI files chargesheet against Rathore in Ruchika molestation case.
* Dec 5, 2000 – Rathore removed as Haryana DGP. Sent on leave.
* March, 2002 – Rathore retires from service.
* Dec 21, 2009 – CBI special court convicts Rathore in the Ruchika molestation case. Sentenced to six months imprisonment and fine of Rs.1,000.