Briefcase 1 HRD appointed probe panel says Rohith Vemula was not Dalit. 2 It also exonerates senior university officials of any blame. The Justice (retd) AK Roopanwal Commission - constituted by the Human Resource Development Ministry to look into the circumstances leading to the death of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad Central University - has concluded that the research scholar was not a Dalit. The Roopanwal Commission was formed by the HRD Ministry to look into the circumstances leading to Vemula's suicide. Vemula's suicide triggered a huge political storm with opposition parties launching a scathing attack on the Union Government over the issue.

Source: India Today August 24, 2016 09:56 UTC