Rohith Vemula, a PhD scholar on the College of Hyderabad, was died by suicide in 2016.
Hyderabad:
The household of College of Hyderabad scholar Rohith Vemula on Friday mentioned it would legally contest the Telangana Police’s closure report in his 2016 suicide case.
His brother Raja Vemula claimed the district collector has to resolve on the household’s SC standing, prompting the police to say that they may conduct an extra investigation.
In its closure report on Rohith Vemula’s dying, the Telangana Police claimed he was not a Dalit and died by suicide in 2016 as he feared that his “actual caste” could be found.
Citing the doubts expressed by Rohith Vemula’s household, Telangana Director Normal of Police Ravi Gupta mentioned in an announcement late on Friday {that a} petition will probably be filed within the courtroom involved, requesting the Justice of the Peace to allow additional investigations.
Raja Vemula instructed information channels that Telangana Excessive Court docket gave an choice to file a ‘protest petition’ within the decrease courtroom.
Whether or not Rohith Vemula belonged to the Scheduled Caste (SC) neighborhood or not ought to come from the district collector of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, he mentioned and requested how the police can say he was not an SC.
Raja Vemula additionally mentioned that they plan to fulfill Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on the matter.
In the meantime, police chief Mr Gupta mentioned the investigation officer within the case was the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Madhapur, and that the ultimate closure report was ready earlier than November, primarily based on the investigation carried out.
The ultimate closure report was formally filed within the jurisdictional courtroom on March 21 by the investigation officer, he mentioned within the assertion.
In its closure report, the police additionally gave a clear chit to the accused, citing an absence of proof.
The college’s then vice-chancellor Appa Rao Podile, former BJP MP Bandaru Dattatreya, BJP ex-MLC N Ramachander Rao, and a few ABVP leaders had been among the many accused.
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