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Hyderabad university suicide: student unions protest against HRD; demands VC removal
Around 200 members of several student organisations today staged a protest outside the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry here, demanding removal of Hyderabad Central University's Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao for alleged victimisation of a Dalit student who later committed suicide
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Raising slogans against Union Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani, the protestors also demanded action against ABVP, a student wing of BJP, for allegedly pressuring the Dalit student to take such an extreme step.Â
Rohith Vemula (26), a Dalit student of the varsity, hanged himself yesterday after he was suspended and expelled from hostel early this month.Â
Displaying placards, which said sack VC for having committed an institutional murder and BJP ABVP Murdabad, the protestors demanded probe into the matter and alleged that Rohith was pushed to death by varsity administration. Â Â
Decrying caste based bias Gurinder Azad, a protestor, alleged that same incidents were happening across the country against students, belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.Â
"Rohith was a bright student. Letters were written against him to HRD, demanding action because he raised his voice against discrimination. Only after he was suspended, he thought of suicide, Mr Azad said.
Despite repeated warnings by police officials to vacate the area near Shastri Bhawan as Section 144 of CrPC was imposed, the demonstrators, remained undeterred and continued their protest, following which water cannon was pressed in.Â
Few protestors have also been detained after they tried to break police barricades.
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