Agitation over suicide: 7 students taken to HCU health centre
25 Jan 2016 4:16 AM IST
Seven students of the Hyderabad Central University who are on an indefinite hunger strike for the past four days following the alleged suicide by Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula were on Saturday forcibly taken to the varsity’s health centre because of deteriorating health. “Nobody (among varsity authorities) asked us to shift them to a hospital. We did it on our own considering their condition,” said HCU chief security officer T V Rao.
Rohith’s family rejects ex-gratia; criticises Modi, Smriti Irani
In a rebuff to Hyderabad Central University, the family members of Rohith Vemula, who allegedly committed suicide, on Saturday rejected the ex-gratia offered to them, and criticised PM Narendra Modi and HRD Minister Smriti Irani, asking why it took them five days to respond. Vemula’s mother Radhika, sister Neelima and brother Raju, who visited the campus, demanded that “those responsible for his death” be brought to book.
“Not Rs eight lakh, we don’t want even if you give Rs eight crore...from HCU where he died,” Neelima said.
The HCU had on Friday announced an ex-gratia of Rs eight lakh to the family.
“Smriti Irani...she called up after five days. Why it took five days? You are also a woman...you are also a mother...it took five days (to call up the family and condole the death). “I want to know why he died. You killed or he died? Why was he suspended? Those responsible should be arrested and punished. That’s the only thing I want,” she said.
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