Hyderabad: One of the five dalit scholars who were expelled from the University of Hyderabad hostel 12 days ago hanged himself to death on Monday.

25-year-old Rohith Vemula, who belonged to Guntur district of Amravati, was doing his PhD in science technology and society studies for the past two years, before the scholar allegedly got involved in a tiff between two student groups in August last year.