Report of Commission Aimed At Saving Ministers, HCU VC: Vemula’s Brother 

Hyderabad: Rohith Vemula's brother on Friday alleged that the report of the commission, constituted by HRD ministry after the Hyderabad university scholar's death, was aimed at saving BJP Union Ministers, Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad Central University and ABVP members.

The Justice Roopanwal Commission, in its report to the HRD ministry, has given a clean chit to Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya, sources said. The University authorities too have been absolved of any blame for Vemula's death as the Commission has held that they were not working under political pressure.

Raja claimed his mother Radhika Vemula was the one who endured a lot of sacrifices and discrimination. She lost her son Rohith Vemula on account of the socio-political victimisation he had undergone along with four other dalit research scholars from Ambedkar Students Association, he said.

Raising questions on Vemula's Dalit status, the Commission has said the material on record did not establish it and attributed his suicide to personal reasons, according to sources.

PTI