Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) Ravi Gupta has ordered further probe into the Rohith Vemula death case. The development came as the deceased’s mother and brother expressed doubts about the closure report filed by the police earlier in the day.
A plea has also been filed in the court seeking the Magistrate’s permission to reopen the 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,” he said.
Divulging more information about the case, he said the case was initially filed at the Gachibowli Police Station in Cyberabad after Rohith was found dead in his hostel room at Hyderabad Central University on January 17, 2016.
He added that the investigation officer in the case was the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Madhapur, and the final report was prepared in 2018 based on the investigation conducted.The final report was officially filed in the jurisdictional court on March 21 by the investigation officer, he saidEarlier in the day, Telangana Police 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.According to the report, Rohith was aware of the fact that his mother had arranged an SC certificate for him and was worried that his reputation could get affected if his peers found out about it.
