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“I have told the SDM whatever I knew about the episode and would not like to comment on the matter as of now,” Sondhi told The Indian Express.
Sources said besides Ruchika, there were five-six students who, too, had defaulted on payment, but they were not expelled. During the administration’s magisterial inquiry into the episode, another fact came to light that Ruchika had defaulted on payment for seven months while she was a student of Class IX. She was not expelled from school at that time, but when she defaulted on paying the school fee in Class X, action was taken against her. She was expelled from the school a month after she was molested by S P S Rathore.
The school is maintaining its stand that it never expelled Ruchika and that she stopped coming to school and so, her name was struck off the rolls. The school authorities have, however, failed to justify why they did not contact her parents about the default and why no reminder to clear the dues was sent to her parents. “Since Ruchika was studying in the school since Class I and had paid the school fee up to Class IX, why did the school not even once contact her parents for knowing reasons for non-payment. Though such an episode had happened and was there all over the media in 1990, it was surprising that everyone in the school whom we met while conducting the inquiry said that they were unaware of the matter,” said one of the UT Administration officials.
The inquiry report confirmed that the school in 1990 tried its best to keep the matter under wraps. A retired English teachers of the school, Amarjit Toor, who had taught Ruchika, said, “The matter was brushed under the carpet and nobody talked of it in the school.”
“Non-payment of fee was just an alibi taken by the school and when the clerk in the school refused to accept fees from Ruchika’s father, he met the principal who misbehaved with him,” said Anand Prakash. “The principal told Girhotra that since Rathore’s daughter Priyanjali was in the same class as Ruchika and felt embarrassed in her presence, they cannot allow Ruchika to continue in the school,” he added.
The report is expected to be submitted to Home-cum-Education Secretary Ram Niwas on Monday morning, based on which the administration is likely to take stern action against the school. When contacted, Niwas said, “Action will be taken against the school, if found guilty. ”
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The allegation that Ruchika has not paid her 6 months fee seems to be wrong. In fact there seems to be deep conspiracy in this case just to strenghthen the hands of Ex-DGP Rathore who is used this letter of expelling Ruchika on moral grounds.This is all concocted story just to sheild Rathore. Principal sister S.Sebastina seems to have done all this under the influence of high-ups including Rathore. Government should hire some private agencies to nail the issue minutely. I am sure the truth will come out and it will reflecst the ugly face of our society. I am in favour to government interferrence in private schools and ammend rules so that normal people can afford to get education for their children. All these high-ups seems to have contineously mentally tortured the promissing girl and commpelled her to commit suicide. Such criminals who project themselves as roll model for the society should not be spared so that society can learn a lession and refrain from repitation of such episod.
It is time to come clean so that such injustices don't happen in future. To hide the facts would be another injustice to Ruchika. School has a moral duty to protect the children under their wing. It is time to clean out the Indian judicial system. All those who were responsible to protect Rathore should come forward and admit their mistakes and the government should ensure that they are not punished but warned of the consequencies of such actions. It is quite obvious that it is not just the school but the whole police,CBI and the judges were also involved in this shameful act of injustice. It is time to learn from this tragedy so that the society does not suffer again.
It is really disturbing to learn, what SPS Rathore has done to this minor girl and the whole family. He should be imprisioned for atleast ten years with hard labour. Also system should be corrected to remove other Rathores like in the society.
Sorry to say that innocent people are accused often in india. I feel that the whole world has arisedn aganist a nun who has dedicated her life for educating thousands of children. what a shame on you guys who talk and act whioch religious fundamentalism. Everytime you target innocent people. Chritian Priests and nuns have always lived their live for educating India. They have dedicated their life sincely and they cannot let this thing take place. Sorry to say that India has always accused them for no reason at all. can a mother allow such thiung to happen to her child. School is a place where certain decipline has to be maintaned and so has happened. This is nothing wrong and sister is innocent and please punish the culprit. why are you turning the attention towards the innocent and let go the culprit. I undestand there are lot many social workers in India, where were you all of you when many Christian were burned in Orissa. why did you not raise your voice that time.
You are right that in India innocent people are always punished. They are punished because the selfish and cowardly people and organisations give their support to the criminals and that is what has happened in Ruchika's case. if the school had backed Ruchika and taken a stand against Rathore, Probably the things would have not gone that far and Ruchika would have been alive today and most probably, representing India in Tennis Circuit. Robin, Your emotional statement is biased and rubbish. you are one of those who converted to christianity for more previlleges than other folks.
Rathore's complete carreer record to checked and bring to light the offences he has committed! I will not suprise more bones of of the shelf once rathore is under neck and crop! It appears he has ruined many families to favour many state ministers while he was under power! Many cases might come up once rathore is thrown inside jail. But he may act sick and come out under the pretext of illness, this is what many people do when they are arrested!
It will be quite interesting to note, Sebestina also was given gold medal! So, did rathore help her get this as repayment towards her favour to him for expelling Ruchika!!!! woww...this is kind of people who will get medals from respective departments. Now Sacred Heart school is a christian school and it is everyone's guess Sebestina got medal!!! A vote bank politics and we Indians will vote for any fool!
Infact the principal along with the SOB Rathore should be held accessories to murder. Their guilt is multiplied many folds because they claim to be a christian school and yet they just thought of saving their own asses. If the supreme court takes notice of ragging then it should note that this is worse than ragging and give the harshest punishment possible to the principal at that time.
I am a devote catholic but I see in the west and even in Kerala Catholic church is very supportive of abuse to its wards, be it children or nuns. We caholics should unite against our padres and also schools perpetrating this abuse.My muslim friends smirk at me for the abuses in catholic churches.It is very very sad but all catholics with a conscience should do soul searching and speak out
You call your self Sacred Heart Convent.. well what a joke... This Sebastina (no need to call her sister) as what she has done is disgrace and for her sins even God will not forgive her and she will surely burn in HELL and she very well deserves it.. What a hippocrat this Sebastina is..she teaches her students of good things and herself is a disgrace.. how can she watch her face in the mirror each morning and stand in front for holy cross asked to be blessed... Damn you Sebastina you will burn in hell...
I have been a student for a brief period in this school. This activity is truly disgusting. The UT administration should take over the school and kick out the mercenaries who are running it in the guise of missionaries.
I had always mantained that there was something hidden when they said The child was dismissed for non parment of fees. I am a catholic and wish to make it know that the priests and the nuns of the church, all of them tell lies and hid behind miniority. The pricipal of the school must be help eaqually responsible for the death of the girl and i hope the CBI and the administration takes necessary action. Its a shame on the christian school to have done this and shame on the nuns to have encouraged this. What does the Bishop to New Delhi say or is he also hiding. The sacred heart would never allow this. Shame on the church shame shame
Every school has moral obligation to nurture the growth of a child in its custody and care for the child when societal pressures brought on by monsters like Rathore are taking toll. The school failed in its moral obligations on several counts and probably has even violated its own constitution apart from the rights of child perhaps enshrined in the Indian constitution. The school should have provided counseling to Ruchika and should have helped the motherless child in her most difficult times. It should have contacted Ruchika%u2019s family when she stopped coming to school (even assuming for a second that the school did not expel her). School%u2019s constitution at the time of Ruchika%u2019s joining and her final day in the school shall be examined thoroughly to determine the extent of School%u2019s complicity. Also, any nefarious relations between the principal and the management of the school with Rathore or his goons shall be probed. I suspect we may have some skeletons there.
These vips and their children are given xyz security..so that they can molest otherkids and get away wid every nonsense in the world!they try to molest law,twist facts do all mean stuff they can...what if it was rathore's own daughter...what then??YES he wud have got that fellow shot asap on some pretext..thata so true...
The story of Ruchika is indeed sad; a budding young girl's life was sniffed at very early age. But then there are so many Ruchikas whose life is not valued in this country, millions are killed even before they are born into this world - infamous female feticide. That apart, the school in question - sacred heart school - where she studied may have its own reasons before striking off her name from the records. I think it is unfair to an institution that has and to cater continue to thousands of students in the past several years to discredit it just on one case -even if it has erred. Besides, it is not yet estblished beyond doubt that the school buckled under pressure from Rathore to remove Ruchika from the school. Supposing it had done, it once goes to show how the school was unduly pressurised and the onus should be on the villian and not the hapless principal. Let the Media give the institution a fair hearing and not make liberal conjectures, making a moster out of it.
The school was under no obligation to give in to any pressures from Rathore. The Principal could have reported the case to the concerned authorities. So far as the school goes, there is no way a school is answerable to a DGP for functioning. Also let me bring it to people who are not aware that Sacred Heart School is located at Chandigarh, and is not under the jurisdiction of Haryana, and Rathore was the IG Police in Haryana. What possibly could then be the reason of a school principal giving in to such pressure? Could it be that Rathore promised something more to the school or its administrators? Whatever be the reasons, fear or greed can hardly be cited excuses for throwing out a student for no fault of hers.
This entire episode is a well planned exercise in persecution. The marxist run NGOs are using their best skill and sharpening their claws and fine tuning their expertise in how to sway the masses and public opinion and judiciary ti go after people they want. The tone of the media articles like this one is very blatantly accusatory even before the trail is over. It is a multi-pronged offensive that was planned and worked on weeks and months in advance. The same expertise will one day be used to create the next "french revolution" type situation a few 100 years later. The target will be the Hindu majority and the beneficiaries will be the minority groups. The goal is that a few 100 years later, neighbor will turn upon neighbor to settle petty disputes resulting in the torture and persecution of innocents during the Spanish inquisition in medieval europe. The Marxists are importing all the terrible things from the West into India.
The story of Ruchika is indeed sad; a budding young girl's life was sniffed at very early age. But then there are so many Ruchikas whose life is not valued in this country, millions are killed even before they are born into this world - infamous female feticide. That apart, the school in question - sacred heart school - where she studied may have its own reasons before striking off her name from the records. I think it is unfair to an institution that has and to cater continue to thousands of students in the past several years to discredit it just on one case -even if it has erred. Besides, it is not yet estblished beyond doubt that the school buckled under pressure from Rathore to remove Ruchika from the school. Supposing it had done, it once goes to show how the school was unduly pressurised and the onus should be on the villian and not the hapless principal.
Christian missionary schools have very broad politico-financial network. The related organizations have enough clout to manipulate/control Indian media like NDTV/IBN etc. So saying the principal of a major missionary school is hapless is absurd! In fact these guys have enough clout even to sack country's home minister with one word to Sonia! It is just another case of cultivating political favor and influence that went wrong here.. not haplessness! Better to probe this angle, the reason why missionary schools wield so much influence! Remember, because of Mangalore incident, where a penticostal church group was caught distributing very abusive/offensive literature about Hindu gods (a standard way of conversions..) and the resulting attack on them by some agitated Hindu youth, all schools in Karnataka observed bundh, forcefully closed schools even against the warnings of state education minister, CM etc. of BJP. So you say principal of such schools hapless? BS!
Surely the school is an easy target for the media to hang out dry. Why is the media not challenging all those who colluded with SPS Rathore in making life a living hell for the poor girl and her family? Does anyone even know the names of those who fabricated false cases against Ruchika's brother; or the cop who paraded the brother naked; or the authorities who promoted Rathore? If Rathore could put pressure on the entire system and evade justice for two decades, surely it must not have been too difficult to get Sacred Heart School to bow under pressure. Is anyone looking into that?
The Sacred Heart School is run by the people those who preach the words of gospel but donot practise it. It is a shame. The bigger shame is thet they are still not coming out with the truth. Who are you siding with, Rathore the chile molester and not Jesus, the child lover. Shame on you Sister Sabastine. May you rot in Hell.
No parent in their right mind should ever send their children to catholic managed schools! The parent runs the risk about their child%u2019s future! It now comes to dawn upon us that the Catholics especially the Institution of the Church are an untrustworthy lot and children%u2019s lives can never be entrusted to such vicious wolves in disguise. This is in light of the ruchika case studying in the sacred heart school Chandigarh! Wonder if the Catholic heart is Sacred after all! It looks more tainted and devilish! It can only be concluded that Catholic missionaries are in fact the messengers of the AntiChrist!!!!!
Are you using this opportunity to start a anti christian drive of your own??? Isn't there enough hate and mistrust in India? Shame on you!!!! The Catholic missionary schools have educated about 60% of the population of India and therefore we are one of the world forces to be reckon with.
John, why don't you ask them how many people they converted?
In a significant ruling, a three-judge bench of the Bombay high court has held that in India criticism of any religion is permissible under the fundamental right of freedom of speech, be it Islam, Hinduism, Christianity or any other religion
You retarded Joshi, probably you would like your kids to attend a RSS run school, where they all dress up in silly knickers.
Pls Don't misguide people by saying that missionary schools have educated 60% of indians.If it was so than 60% of the people would have been speaking in English today. the fact is 80% of the students are getting education in vernacular medium schools which is infact run by Govt.Infact Missionary schools have ruined the Old tried & tested Indian Education system.Have you ever visited RSS run schools.If u were educated in one of RSS run school, then u wouldn't have used abusive language against Mr.Joshi. That is the difference between Indian culture & imported culture of missionary schools.
It is sad that people are trying to evince issues of petty nature here. Anyone who is on the wrong side is neither a Christian, nor a Hindu. For no religion on the earth has ever prophesied child molestation. Let us please not get into this. As it is the case itself is a manifestation of people giving in to temptations, fear and lack of sensitivity. We can at least exercise restraint for the young girl who was led to suicide on account of a failed system.
Rathore had huge support in is misdeeds and misadventures, He used his power and position to Use misuse and blackmail Institutions, people, etc etc etc. Part of it is evident, part proven and part Prima facie. In all of this and in my opinion as per events that have surfaced till date is the Corruption in the Catholic Religion, Faith, leadership and above all Morals! The Pope is no doubt the Culprit for being Head of a depleting and Unmoral Faith as can be seen and practiced by the School that ruchika studied in. This is not Christianity as prophesied by Jesus Christ the messenger of God but by a group of people headed by the so called "pope" practicing in the Antichrist. The pseudo Christians as they have to be termed have in fact Crucified Jesus Christ themselves by driving the Satan%u2019s spoke into HIS Heart! Very sad indeed
Hi Editor and Dear Reader, India should not shun away the momentum which was generated when the case cameto light, The Court and the judiciary system thinks as the moemntum fades away they can decide the case under a different light. Indians ae emotional thta is the problem they dont think. I want to say India think, think India Think, that if the same thing happen to you who will suffer. Put yoursely in the victims shoes and support for the good of the community. Rise India Rise to the level of Maturity.
It's sad to hear that an immoral, criminal cop has been let off. However, there is a part of the story that does not fit. It is about Aradhana Gupta, Ruchika%u2019s friend and the lone witness in the case. Since Rathore seems to have set goons after Ruchika and her family, why and for what reason he spared Aradahana? It seems that Ruchika used to ask Aradhana to accompany her for safety. Was Aradhana very powerful? What is the story here, I fail to understand. What did Aradhana really witness? By the way, Rathore must be hanged if for no other reason then for misuse of power along with the policemen who obeyed his orders. So must the judge who thinks 6 months is enough and took 18 years to deceide it. So must the congress politicians who supported Rathore. Jain Hind - Mere Bharath Mahan
After molesting a girl his daughter's age he has the impudence and cheek to dismiss the girl from school because his daughter feels embarrassed in the girl's presence. He used his position and authority like a Mafia Don in hindi movies. Please look into his career records, there may be many more hidden skeletons. Please interview his colleagues and subordinates to know how he must have misused his power.
Until proven otherwise, I believe that there are other Ruchikas created by Rathore and perhaps even other transgressions perpetuated on the hapless families or relatives of his subordinates.
The school has proved that they are neither Sacred nor they have any Heart
Whether or not the school expelled Ruchika is a non issue and is being brought up to divert the attention from the main issue.The main issue is how a senior police officer was allowed to do what he did and get away for the last 19 years and this should be taken to its logical conclusion. Even if the school had expelled her for whatever reasons (though I do not agree with the expulsion)and they may have been subjected to pressure,the fact remains that expelling her did not cause her to commit suicide. If the parents of Ruchika had an issue with the school why did they not file a case against the school for illegal expulsion all these years? Just as they claim to be under pressure could not the school too have been under pressure?
WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT THE SOCIETY SHOULD CASTARIZE THE ROTHORS THEY HSOULD BE MADE UNWANTED.THE HOTLES ,RESTAURANTS AND ALL OTHER PUBLIC PLACES MUST OPENLY REFUSE ENTRY TO THEM. SHAME ON YOU MRSRATHORE, IF YOUR DAUGHTER WAS MOLESTED BY SOME ONE ELSE(GOD FORBID)WILL YOU DEFEND THAT MOLESTER AS A LAWYER?. U WILL NOT BECAUSE SHE IS YOUR DAUGHTER. COME ON YOU R A WOMEN PLEASE TRY TO SAVE DEVINITY OF WOMAN HOOD. YOU RHSOULD HAVE ENSURED TO PLEASE YOUR HUSBAND IN ALL WAYS AND ALL TIMES SO THAT HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A MOLESTER. SO UA RE ALSO A CULPRIT.DONT FORGER THAT YOU ARE A WOMEN AND YOU DO HAVE A DAUGHTER AND MAY A GRAND DAUGHTER AS WELL. PRAY THAT YOUR GRAND DAUGHTER IS NOT SUBJECT TO WHAT RUCHIKA WENT THROUGH. IT IS KALIYUGA WHAT YOU SOW YOU REAP. BOTH ROTHORES ARE SHAMELESS AND A STIGMA TO THE SOCIETY. WE INDIAN CITZENS MUST HAVE THE COURAGE AND WILL TO OUTCLASS THESE 2 SHAMELESS RATHORES FROM THE SOCIETY.THEY MUST REALSIE THE AGONY RUCHIKA AND HER PARENTS AND BROTHER WENT THROUGH.