Chandigarh: In a shocking development, former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika molestation case, was on Monday attacked by a young man outside a court near here. The disgraced former top cop, 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 the young man now identified as Utsav Sharma, aged around 25 years, when he was walking 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. The attacker has, as per reports, claimed that he hails from Ahmedabad and was writing a book on the case.
The police claimed that he came near to 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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