JNU MPhil scholar commits suicide in Delhi
According to reports, the victim, identified as Muthukrishnan, belonged to Scheduled Class and was an active member of the justice for Rohith Vemula movement.
He was currently pursuing MPhil in JNU.
Muthukrishnan was a native of Salem in Tamil Nadu.
The suicide has sparked a row.
In his last post on Facebook, Muthukrishnan wrote: "When equality is denied everything is denied. There is no Equality in M.phil/phd Admission, there is no equality in viva - voce, there is only denial of equality, denying Prof. Sukhadeo thorat recommendation, denying students protest places in Ad - block, denying the education of the marginal."
Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's suicide on January 17, 2016 triggered massive protests in the university campus and uproar across the country.
The students had accused the university administration led by Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile along with the BJP Government at the Centre for being responsible for Vemula's suicide.
The confrontation reached a boiling point with students ransacking the VC's house in protest and pollice making several arrests.
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