Scholar suicide: protests, hunger strike continue in Delhi, 40

Protests by students from varsities across Delhi and a hunger strike by their JNU counterparts over alleged delay in justice to Hyderabad Central University scholar Rohith Vemula continued today even as the Delhi Police detained 40 of them from outside the HRD Ministry.
Police said 40 students were detained from outside Shastri Bhawan when they tried to enter the premises of the ministry.
Students of Left-backed All India Students Association (AISA) and Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India (NSUI) marched to the HRD Ministry, demanding resignation of Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya and the Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad Central University.

150 protesting students, who were detained yesterday and went on an indefinite hunger strike at Parliament Street police station, today dispered to JNU and the protest venue near the HRD Ministry. They, however, continued with their hunger strike.