Rohit Vemula suicide : Hyderabad central university VC resumes office after two months

 

The 26-ear-old  Dalit research scholar, who hanged himself in Hyderabad Central University campus in January, was suspended from his hostel by the HCU administration in August 2015 for allegedly attacking an ABVP leader.

In August 2015, Bandaru Dattatreya had written to Smriti Irani alleging that Hyderabad University had become 'a den of casteist, extremist and anti-national politics.' He cited the attack on ABVP leader and stated that the university administration had turned into 'a mute spectator to such events.'

Students of the university alleged that Dattatreya's letter sought action against research scholars including Vemula.