'No Political Agenda from Congress Side': Rohith Vemula’s Brother Says Telangana CM Has Promised Fair Re-Investigation

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy did not believe the report prepared by the previous government in the death of research scholar Rohith Vemula and has promised that re-investigation into the case will be fair and transparent, the deceased’s brother Raja Vemula told CNN-News18.

On Friday, Telangana Police filed a closure report in the 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.

As the deceased’s mother and brother expressed doubts about the closure report, Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) Ravi Gupta ordered further probe into the incident.

“The chief minister did not believe the report prepared by the previous government. There is no political agenda from the Congress side,” he said.

On the caste issue, Raja Vemula said they were waiting for the final report by the district collector. “We belong to the Scheduled Caste community. The report was not true. The previous government only focused on the caste issue and not 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.

The closure report had stated that Rohith died by 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 PhD 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.

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