Jail for Rathore is common man's victory: Aradhana

Chandigarh: "It's a victory for the common man," said Aradhana Gupta, the only witness in Ruchika molestation case, after Tuesday’s court verdict enhancing the jail term of former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore.

Speaking from Sydney, Ruchika's friend, Gupta said, it is all due to public support that Ruchika has got justice.

"I am so happy about it. I really appreciate the judiciary for putting Rathore behind the bar. But certainly I am not very happy because we were expecting two years as the crime was committed by a police official and not by a commoner," Gupta said.

"We should take it as a first step towards justice and certainly the case under Section 306 IPC (abetment to suicide) and other charges against him are yet to come up. Rathore will be punished for whatever crimes he has committed in these years, harassing the Girhotra family and ruining the career of Ruchika's brother. Certainly that still has to come," she told a news channel.

"We certainly take it as a victory. We have been waiting long for the culprit to be punished," she said.