Rohit Vemula not a dalit, ended life due to frustration: probe panel tells HRD ministry

New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): Rohit Vemula, the dalit student of Hyderabad University, whose suicide earlier this year caused massive uproar in the country resulting in anti-establish demonstrations, ended his life because he was frustrated and did not belong to the backward class, a one-man enquiry panel told the HRD Ministry, according to media reports.

Rohith Vemula's family accuses HRD minister Irani of falsehoods

New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS) The family and friends of Hyderabad Central University scholar Rohith Vemula called a press conference on Friday in New Delhi to clear the air on what they called ‘lies’ being propagated by union HRD minister Smriti Irani in Parliament.