A closure report filed in the case claimed that Vemula did not belong to the Dalit community and died by suicide fearing his real caste would be revealed.
By Scroll Staff
The Telangana Police will reopen investigation into the death of University of Hyderabad’s Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, who died by suicide in January 2016, reported The News Minute on Saturday.
This came hours after media reports said the Telangana Police had filed a final closure report in the case. The closure report claimed that Vemula did not belong to the Scheduled Caste category and hence died by suicide fearing that his real caste identity would be discovered, according to The News Minute.
The report also alleged that the Vemula family forged their caste certificates. However, the family has maintained that Rohith Vemula’s mother is a Dalit Mala by birth and was adopted by a woman belonging to an Other Backward Classes community.
On Friday, Director General of Police Ravi Gupta said a petition will be filed in the court concerned requesting the magistrate to permit further investigation into the case.
In an interview with India Today, Gupta also said that the closure report was prepared before the Assembly polls in the state last year. The Congress came to power after the November 2023 Assembly polls defeating the Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
“We will find out if the investigation officer did not bring other information to the notice of the higher authorities,” Gupta told India Today.
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