Teen molester cop Rathore stabbed outside court
2010-02-08 [14:07:00 hrs] | |  | Disgraced former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, was on Monday attacked by a young man outside a court near Chandigarh. Rathore, who had come to the Panchkula court in connection with his plea challenging six months imprisonment in the case, was attacked with a knife by a young man identified as Utsav Sharma, as he walked back to his car after the court hearing. |
| | | According to reports, Rathore has sustained injuries on his face. Images captured by the media showed Rathore being hit and punched on his face and then being attacked with a knife.
According to reports, Sharma, aged around 25 years, claimed that he hails from Ahmedabad and was writing a book on the case.
The police claimed that he came near Rathore, posing as a journalist and the motive behind the attack is not clear at the moment.
Rathore has been taken to the Sector 16 General Hospital in Chandigarh for emergency medical care. His condition is said to be stable.
Earlier in the day, the court had ordered in-camera proceedings on the petition of Rathore challenging his six months’ imprisonment in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
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