Rohith Vemula death anniversary: Students, journalists roughed up as police crack down on Insaaf March

Delhi | Tuesday | 17th January, 2017

Summary:

(Express photo)Several students and two journalists working for InUth.com, a youth site of the Indian Express group, were roughed up by the police during a protest march at Mandi House to mark the first death anniversary of Rohith Vemula. They also dragged my female colleague to the bus,” said Saptaparno Ghosh, a journalist working with InUth. The All India Students Association (AISA) had organised protest marches in Delhi and Kolkata. “Hundreds of paramilitary forces were deployed at Mandi House to unleash violence on those who participated in Insaaf March in Delhi today. Rohit Vemula, a PhD student at Hyderabad University, had ended his life alleging victimisation by the varsity authorities..