Roopanwal commission submits report on Rohith Vemula suicide

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 23 2016 | 11:22 PM IST
The Justice (retd.) A K Roopanwal Commission, which was constituted by the HRD Ministry to look into the circumstances leading to the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University, is learnt to have submitted its report.
Sources said the one-member Commission has submitted its report to UGC officials, though there was no official confirmation.
Top officials in the HRD Ministry, when contacted, remained mum on the development.
Higher Education Secretary V S Oberoi refused to either confirm or deny that the report has been submitted. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar, when contacted, said that the report has not reached him yet.
The Roopanwal Commission had been formed by the HRD Ministry to look into the circumstances leading to the death of Vemula.
He had committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of a hostel room in the university.
The suicide by Vemula had triggered a huge political storm with opposition parties launching a massive attack on the Union Government over the issue.

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First Published: Aug 23 2016 | 11:22 PM IST

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