Telangana top cop questions Rohith Vemula closure report, hints at further probe

Hours after the Telangana Police's closure report on Hyderabad student Rohith Vemula's sucide case, the state's Director General of Police (DGP), Ravi Gupta, alleged discrepancies with the report and said he would request the court's intervention in the case.

He also said he would request the magistrate to permit further investigations.

Speaking exclusively to India Today TV, the official said, "There are some doubts with the report. We will request the court to look into the case."

"We will find out if the investigation officer did not bring other information to the notice of the higher authorities," he said.

On Friday, the Telangana Police, in its closure report in the case, claimed Vemula was not a Dalit and died by suicide in 2016 as he feared that his "real caste" would be discovered.

In its closure report, the police also gave a clean chit to the accused, citing a lack of evidence.

Meanwhile, Rohith Vemula's family on Friday said it will legally contest the Telangana Police's closure report in his 2016 suicide case.

His brother Raja Vemula claimed the district collector had to decide on the family's Scheduled Caste (SC) status, prompting the police to say that they would conduct a further investigation.

Raja Vemula also said that they plan to meet Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on the matter, news agency PTI reported.

Police chief Gupta said the investigation officer in the case was the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Madhapur, and that the final closure report was prepared before November, based on the investigation conducted.

The final closure report was officially filed in the jurisdictional court on March 21 by the investigation officer, he said in the statement, the report said.