Ruchika remembered on her 16th death anniversary

Friends and well wishers of Ruchika Girhotra marched to her old house in Panchkula and lit a lamp in her memory on the 16th anniversary of her death. Ruchika, who was molested by former DGP of Haryana SPS Rathore was 14 when she died after consuming poison.

Sixteen years after molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra died after consuming poison, her friends and family members took out a march in Panchkula and lit a lamp outside the house where the teenager once lived on Tuesday.

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14-year-old Ruchika, who was molested by former DGP of Haryana SPS Rathore in 1990, consumed poison on December 28, 1993 and died the following day.

With a 'puja thali' in her hand, Ruchika's friend Aradhana accompanied by 35 well wishers of the family took out a march from her house No. 210 in Sector six to house No. 363 in the same sector where Ruchika lived with her family then.

Accompanied by her husband Aman, who works in Australia, and her mother Madhu, Aradhana lit an earthen lamp outside the house which has changed hands a couple of times and is presently being re-built.

The marchers observed a minute's silence outside the house in which no family is residing presently.

Aradhana told reporters waiting outside the house that "The signature campaign launched by me today has evoked good response from people in our struggle for justice for Ruchika and her family."