A court in India has increased the jail term of a former senior police officer convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl who later committed suicide.
Dismissing his appeal, the judge in Chandigarh ordered SPS Rathore to serve 18 months in prison rather than six.
Rathore, former police chief of Haryana state, was found guilty last December of molesting Ruchika Girhotra in 1990.
She killed herself three years later. There was public outrage at what was seen as a lenient first sentence.
Correspondents say the case is viewed as a classic example of a police officer abusing his influence and contacts to escape punishment for nearly two decades. Link
