The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has extended Rs. 5 lakhs in financial assistance to the family of Rohith Vemula, the Ph. D. student who committed suicide on January 17 at the Hyderabad Central University (University Of Hyderabad).
On Tuesday, TPCC Chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy handed over a Rs. 5 lakh cheque to the family of Vemula in the university campus.
Separately, Vemula's father Manikumar, speaking to a section of the media, said that Rohith was not a dalit but a BC.
He also found fault with the authorities for linking Rohith's caste with his suicide, and demanded that the government order an inquiry into the death.
"My son was not a coward to commit suicide," he asserted.
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