Telangana top cop vows further probe into Rohith Vemula death

After the Telangana police filed a closure report into the death of PhD scholar Rohith Vemula, Director General of Police Ravi Gupta said that further investigations will be conducted.

The DGP said that that Vemula's family have expressed doubts over the manner in which the probe was carried out.

"As some doubts have been expressed by the mother and others of the deceased, Rohit Vemula, on the investigation conducted, it has been decided to conduct further investigation into the case. A petition will be filed in the court concerned requesting the Hon'ble Magistrate to permit further investigation into the case," the DGP's statement said.

The Telangana police in its closure report have claimed Vemula was not a Dalit and died by suicide in 2016 as he feared that his "real caste" would be discovered.

In a statement on Friday, DGP Ravi Gupta said the final report in the case was prepared in 2018 and that it was officially submitted in the jurisdictional court on March 21, 2024.

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