Rohit Vemula, a PhD scholar at Hyderabad University, committed suicide on January 17, 2016. In his suicide letter, he accused the university administration of persecution and discrimination on the basis of caste.
Around 50 students, staging a protest commemorating the death anniversary of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula, were on Tuesday detained as they tried to block the Janpath road of central Delhi.
Following a protest call from JNU Students' Union, around 300 students from the JNU, Delhi University, and Jamia Milia Islamia University took out a rally from Mandi House to Ministry of Human Resource Department (MHRD) but couldn't proceed due to police barricading at Janpath.
The agitated students alleged being dragged and thrashed by the police.
"Students going to protest in front of MHRD against the institutional murder of Rohit Vemula were stopped midway, mercilessly dragged on the road and detained in Parliament Street Police Station," said JNU students' union member Satarupa Chakraborty.
"Several students including JNU students' union president Mohit Pandey was brutally beaten up by the Parliament Street police. We were peacefully staging our 'Insaaf march' seeking justice for Rohit Vemula and JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing since October last year," says Sucheta De, National President of AISA.
Rohit Vemula, a PhD scholar at Hyderabad University, committed suicide on January 17, 2016. In his suicide letter, he accused the university administration of persecution and discrimination on the basis of caste.
The protesting students were demanding an enquiry into the suicide and termed it as an 'institutional murder'. They also demanded registering of cases against university Vice Chancellor P Appa Rao for neglecting his duty and doing nothing to defuse tensions.
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