Hyderabad. Telangana DGP has decided to re-investigate the death of Rohith Vemula, a student of Hyderabad University. A statement has been issued by the DGP saying that Rohith Vemula’s mother and some other people have expressed doubt on the earlier investigation. In such a situation, an application will be filed before the magistrate and the investigation will be done again. Earlier, the closure report of the police had come in the case of Rohit Vemula’s death. This closure report states that Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and had committed suicide due to fear of his real caste being exposed.
Rohith Vemula death case “As some doubts have been expressed by the mother and others of the deceased Rohit Vemula on the investigation conducted, it has been decided to conduct further investigation into the case. A petition will be filed in the Court concerned requesting the…
— ANI (@ANI) May 4, 2024
Rohit Vemula died in January 2016. After this, there were protests across the country regarding Dalit oppression in universities. Even the Modi government, including the then Education Minister Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya were accused by the opposition. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi still keeps raising the issue of Rohit Vemula. Even in the manifesto released by Congress for the Lok Sabha elections this time, Rohith Vemula has been mentioned. Now the closure report of Telangana Police in the case of Rohith Vemula’s death has once again heated up the political atmosphere. Citing this report, BJP has called it the victory of truth.
Many people are targeting the Congress saying that on one hand it has been targeting the Modi government and all the BJP leaders in the case of Rohit Vemula’s death, but during the Congress government in Telangana itself, it has become clear that Rohit Vemula did not commit suicide because of harassment. Let us tell you that in the closure report filed in the Telangana High Court, the police has said that Rohit Vemula knew that his mother had got the SC caste certificate. According to the police, this caste certificate was also fake.