The committee constituted to probe into the controversial death of Rohith Vemula at Hyderabad Central University has concluded that the Dalit scholar ended this life due to personal frustration
File pic of a protest in support of Rohith Vemula
The committee, which was constituted to probe into the controversial death of Rohith Vemula at Hyderabad Central University has concluded that the Dalit scholar ended this life due to personal frustration, and not due to discrimination as was being alleged. The Justice (retd.) AK Roopanwal Commission constituted by the HRD Ministry further revealed that Rohith’s mother faked their Dalit status.
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According to a report in the Indian Express, one of key conclusions in the 41-page report is that Rohith’s mother ‘branded’ herself a Dalit for benefits of reservation. She managed to get the caste certificate from a person named Uppalapati Danamma, then a corporator, with whom she stayed for over a year. “To me it appears that this caste certificate has no value and that in order to take benefit of Scheduled Caste she (Radhika) anyhow obtained the Mala Caste certificate from the corporator, Uppalapati Danamma in whose house she remained for one and half years,” the report states.
On allegations of Rohith facing discrimination at the Hyderabad University, the committee concluded in the negative. The commission explained that an interim report of the nine-member proctorial board suggested that a strong warning should be issued to Susheel Kumar as well as Rohith and four other expelled students. “This cannot be believed that the report which was prepared by nine persons could be obtained by pressure. How nine persons could be influenced by anybody, political or non-political when none of them was directly under the control of anybody?” the report further added.
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Rohith committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of a hostel room at the Hyderabad University in January this year, which triggered a massive political storm.
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