Hyderabad: The one-man judicial commission set up by the HRD ministry to probe into the suicide of University of Hyderabad scholar Rohith Vemula, is learnt to have stated that Rohith was not a Dalit.
The probe panel headed by former Allahabad HC judge Ashok Kumar Roo-panwal has also absolved vice-chancellor Appa Rao Podile of all charges.
The report’s observation is crucial as Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya and V-C Appa Rao were named in an FIR lodged by the police un-der the SC/ST Atrocities (Prevention) Act for abetting Vemula’s suicide. HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said he was unaware of the report’s content and would react after going through it.
Students plan march on August 29
The one-man judicial commission set up to probe the suicide of scholar Rohith Vemula had submitted its report to the UGC in the first week of August. The commission’s report contradicts the report submitted by Guntur district collector Kantilal Dande to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes. UoH students have now decided to renew protests and are planning a march on August 29 in the city. More than 33 groups have backed the march call.
