Aman Kachroo: Four years of jail for accused

Dharamsala : A fast track court on Thursday sentenced four medicine students to four years of imprisonment for allegedly being responsible for the death of Aman Kachroo, a victim of severe ragging in 2009.

The court here found guilty four medicine students who were allegedly held responsible for the death of Aman Kachroo, a victim of severe ragging in 2009.

They were, however, found guilty on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Nineteen-year-old Kachroo, who was a student, was ragged to death on the campus here in 2009.

Four MBBS students are facing the trial on murder charges for ragging the teenage student to death.

Kachroo, the first year MBBS student, was allegedly murdered by his drunk seniors on March 8, 2009 at the Dr. Rajender Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, Himachal Pradesh.

The autopsy report had confirmed that Aman’s death was due to brain hemorrhage.

A committee, appointed by the Supreme Court, reported that the institution had no anti-ragging regulation, rampant alcoholism on the campus and lawlessness among the boarders leading to tragedies like Aman’s death.

The committee had also recommended action against the college principal as it found him lackadaisical in his approach to Aman’s complaints.

The court in August this year resumed the trial against the accused students after they surrendered on cancellation of their bail. The court has recorded statements of 38 witnesses, comprising doctors, police and Aman’s father Rajender Kachroo.