“Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit, clean chit to all accused: Telangana Police report”, News 18, May 3, 2024:
“Telangana Police on Friday filed a closure report in the Rohith Vemula death case and absolved the then Secunderabad MP Bandaru Dattatreya, Member of Legislative Council N Ramachander Rao, and Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) leaders and Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani.
The report stated that Rohith committed suicide as he was stressed out for several reasons, including his poor performance on the academic front due to his political engagements on the campus and his mother arranging a fake Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate for him.
“If the studies of the deceased were seen, it appeared that he was involved more in student political issues in the campus rather than in his studies. He discontinued his first Ph.D after pursuing it for 2 years and he joined another Ph.D which also did not progress much because of non academic activities,” the police report read……”
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