NEW DELHI: Telangana Police said it will re-investigate Rohith Vemula’s death after his family members raised doubts over the case closure report filed in the case which stated that he is not a Dalit and fear of revealing his “true caste” identity forced him to commit suicide. The closure report filed by the Telangana Police a month ago has given certainty to all the accused in the case.
“Since the mother and others of deceased Rohith Vemula expressed some doubts about the ongoing investigation, it was decided to conduct further investigation into the matter. An application will be filed before the competent court asking the Honorable Judge to allow further investigation into the case. The investigating officer in this case was the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Madhapur and the final closure report of the case was prepared last year i.e. before November 2023 itself. based on the investigation submitted to the competent court on March 21, 2024 by the Investigating Officer,” Director General of Police, Telangana, told ANI.
Vemula, a PhD student at Central University of Hyderabad, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a hostel room on January 17, 2016. He was allegedly upset over the disciplinary action taken against him by the university.
BJP demands apology from Rahul Gandhi
Citing the final report filed by the Telangana Police in the Rohith Vemula death case, absolving Union Minister Smriti Irani and three others, senior BJP leader Amit Malviya accused Congress president Rahul Gandhi of politicizing the incident for political purposes. Malviya asked whether the Wayanad MP would apologize to Dalits after the final report on the death of a researcher at the University of Hyderabad. Coming back to X’s official stance, the BJP’s IT cell head released a video of Rahul allegedly speaking on Rohit Vemula’s death in the Lok Sabha. In the video, Rahul can be heard questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” on the matter.
“Rahul Gandhi used his voice in the House to politicize the death of Rohith Vemula for his odious politics. Now that the Congress-ruled Telangana Police has submitted its final report stating that Vemula did not belong to the SC community and died by suicide, will Rahul Gandhi apologize to Dalits? The Congress and the so-called ‘secular’ parties have often exploited Dalits for their policies but have always failed to provide them with justice. This is another case,” Malviya wrote in X.
Rahul Gandhi used his vote in the House of Representatives to politicize the death of Rohit Vemula for his terrible policies. Now that the Congress government-led Telangana Police has submitted its final report stating that Vemula did not belong to the SC community and died by suicide, will Rahul Gandhi apologize… pic.twitter.com/xkdEx7zgiq
— Amit Malviya (Modi family) (@amitmalviya) May 4, 2024
Talking about the shutdown report, BJP spokesperson Ajay Alok alleged that the Congress had created a false narrative about Vemula’s death. Talking to ANI on Saturday, the BJP leader said, “The issue is not whether he (Rohith Vemula) was a Dalit or not. Questions should be asked of those who did not allow Parliament to function by claiming that the BJP government is anti-Dalit. They have politicized the issue and built a false narrative around it.”
