Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat on Saturday met Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and demanded harsher punishment for former top cop SPS Rathore who was convicted in the 1990 molestation case of teenager Ruchika Girhotra.

"We want the state government to be proactive in getting the punishment enhanced (for Rathore) and reopen the case," Karat told reporters after meeting Hooda.