In a major development, Cyberabad police, who were investigating the abetment to suicide case of Rohith Vemula of the University of Hyderabad, submitted a closure report in Telangana High Court on Friday. The report stated lack of evidence and requested that the case. In 2016, the case sent shock waves across the nation with protests broke out at the University of Hyderabad.
In the final report the police gave a list of reasons that might have led to Rohit Vemula's drastic decision- “Separation of his parents, younger brother being employed and engaged, discontinuation of one Phd and joining another. Rohit Vemula was in the constant fear that as he does not belong to Scheduled Caste his caste identity will be exposed and would put him to loss of his academic degrees that he earned over the years and be compelled to face prosecution. Thus, the deceased had multiple issues worrying him which could have driven him to commit suicide. Despite best efforts, no evidence could be found to establish that the actions of the accused have driven the deceased to commit suicide”.
It can be recalled that on January 17, 2016, Vemula was found dead hanging from a fan in a room at the NRS hostel of the University of Hyderabad. Dontha Prasanth who was a PHD student then filed a complaint with Gachibowli police alleging that the cause of death of Vemula Rohith was due to harassment and the atrocities of Prof. Podile Apparao former vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad, Bandaru Dattatreya, (former Member of Parliament, Secunderabad), former BJP MLC, N. Ramchandra Rao, ABVP leaders Krishna Chaitanya, Nandanam Susheel Kumar and Nandanam Diwakar. Gachibowli police registered a case under section 306 (abetment to suicide) and SC/ ST atrocity Act and further investigation.
