<p>Six of the seven students of the Hyderabad Central University (HCU), on hunger strike to protest the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, have been shifted to a health centre even as the agitators today took out a march to the residence of the interim head of the institution.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The students, who had given a nationwide university strike call, marched to the residence of the interim head of the institution and then went outside the campus and burnt the effigy of the Vice-chancellor, whose ouster they have been seeking.<br /><br />"Six (students) were shifted (to the health centre) yesterday", Ravindra Kumar, chief medical officer said.<br /><br />One student is continuing with the hunger strike, which resumed three days back after the first batch of his colleagues who went on fast were moved to the health centre.<br /><br />The students first marched to the residence of the officiating Vice-Chancellor Vipin Srivastava in the staff quarters.<br /><br />Srivastava was given the charge of the institution after VC Aappa Rao went on leave amid escalation of protests last week.<br /><br />But selection of Srivastava as interim head of the institution was stiffly objected to by the students and SC/ST staff forums alleging he headed the Executive Council sub-committee whose decisions were "responsible for the death of Rohith" and was one of the accused in the death of another dalit student in 2008.<br /><br />Srivastava had yesterday made a fresh appeal to students to help restore normalcy on the campus.<br /><br />Rohith was found hanging in a hostel room on the HCU campus on January 17, sparking strong reactions on the campus and across the country.<br /><br />Rohith and four other students, all from the dalit community, were suspended last year by the varsity for allegedly attacking an ABVP leader.<br /><br />The suspension of the four students were revoked last week after the issue snowballed into a major political row with the agitation drawing support from parties other than the BJP.</p>
<p>Six of the seven students of the Hyderabad Central University (HCU), on hunger strike to protest the suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, have been shifted to a health centre even as the agitators today took out a march to the residence of the interim head of the institution.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The students, who had given a nationwide university strike call, marched to the residence of the interim head of the institution and then went outside the campus and burnt the effigy of the Vice-chancellor, whose ouster they have been seeking.<br /><br />"Six (students) were shifted (to the health centre) yesterday", Ravindra Kumar, chief medical officer said.<br /><br />One student is continuing with the hunger strike, which resumed three days back after the first batch of his colleagues who went on fast were moved to the health centre.<br /><br />The students first marched to the residence of the officiating Vice-Chancellor Vipin Srivastava in the staff quarters.<br /><br />Srivastava was given the charge of the institution after VC Aappa Rao went on leave amid escalation of protests last week.<br /><br />But selection of Srivastava as interim head of the institution was stiffly objected to by the students and SC/ST staff forums alleging he headed the Executive Council sub-committee whose decisions were "responsible for the death of Rohith" and was one of the accused in the death of another dalit student in 2008.<br /><br />Srivastava had yesterday made a fresh appeal to students to help restore normalcy on the campus.<br /><br />Rohith was found hanging in a hostel room on the HCU campus on January 17, sparking strong reactions on the campus and across the country.<br /><br />Rohith and four other students, all from the dalit community, were suspended last year by the varsity for allegedly attacking an ABVP leader.<br /><br />The suspension of the four students were revoked last week after the issue snowballed into a major political row with the agitation drawing support from parties other than the BJP.</p>