<p>The Gachibowli police on Monday filed an FIR against senior BJP leader and Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya for abetting suicide of a 26-year-old Dalit research scholar Vemula Rohith in the University of Hyderabad. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The police also booked vice-chancellor Prof Apparao, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) leader Sushil Kumar and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leader Vishnu.<br /><br />Rohith’s suicide evoked widespread protests by students across the country.<br />The Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) filed a complaint alleging that five dalit students, including Rohith, were expelled from the varsity hostel only after Dattatreya wrote to the Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry demanding their suspension. <br /><br />The association claimed that varsity officials had cleared the five students of all charges following an inquiry, but the decision was reversed following the intervention of BJP leaders. <br /><br />The students pinned the blame on Dattatreya’s letter to HRD Minister Smriti Irani, which sought action against the five students, while describing the university as a “den of casteist, extremist and anti-national politics.”<br /><br />Dattatreya has refuted the allegations and said that he simply forwarded a memorandum submitted by ABVP leaders to the HRD minister, after they were attacked by a section of students on campus. “My letter has no connection with the suicide case. I have written a letter because some anti-social elements were attacking ABVP members. I would not like to comment on the case against me,” said Dattatreya.<br /><br />Tension prevailed on the campus on Monday with students refusing to handover Rohit’s body to the police for post-mortem. The police used mild force to disperse the agitating students and shifted the body to the Osmania Hospital later for post-mortem. <br /><br />Rohit’s mother Radhika sat on a dharna on the campus along with several students and Dalit organisation leaders, demanding the vice-chancellor to explain the reason for suspending her son.<br /><br />Several political leaders made a beeline to the varsity campus and registered their protest. <br /></p>
<p>The Gachibowli police on Monday filed an FIR against senior BJP leader and Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya for abetting suicide of a 26-year-old Dalit research scholar Vemula Rohith in the University of Hyderabad. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The police also booked vice-chancellor Prof Apparao, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) leader Sushil Kumar and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leader Vishnu.<br /><br />Rohith’s suicide evoked widespread protests by students across the country.<br />The Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) filed a complaint alleging that five dalit students, including Rohith, were expelled from the varsity hostel only after Dattatreya wrote to the Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry demanding their suspension. <br /><br />The association claimed that varsity officials had cleared the five students of all charges following an inquiry, but the decision was reversed following the intervention of BJP leaders. <br /><br />The students pinned the blame on Dattatreya’s letter to HRD Minister Smriti Irani, which sought action against the five students, while describing the university as a “den of casteist, extremist and anti-national politics.”<br /><br />Dattatreya has refuted the allegations and said that he simply forwarded a memorandum submitted by ABVP leaders to the HRD minister, after they were attacked by a section of students on campus. “My letter has no connection with the suicide case. I have written a letter because some anti-social elements were attacking ABVP members. I would not like to comment on the case against me,” said Dattatreya.<br /><br />Tension prevailed on the campus on Monday with students refusing to handover Rohit’s body to the police for post-mortem. The police used mild force to disperse the agitating students and shifted the body to the Osmania Hospital later for post-mortem. <br /><br />Rohit’s mother Radhika sat on a dharna on the campus along with several students and Dalit organisation leaders, demanding the vice-chancellor to explain the reason for suspending her son.<br /><br />Several political leaders made a beeline to the varsity campus and registered their protest. <br /></p>
