Roopanwal commission submits report on Vemula suicide issue

Rohith committed suicide on January 17 in a hostel room at the Hyderabad Central University He along with four other students were suspended over alleged involvement in campus violence. Roopanwal Commission had been formed by the HRD Ministry to look into the suicide matter.

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 learned 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 silent 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. They also accused the University authorities of mishandling the situation, which led to Vemula's suicide.

The Commission report, it was learned, has, however, not put the blame on the senior varsity officials.