A university in southern India has been temporarily shut after fresh protests over the death of a Dalit PhD student.
Rohith Vemula killed himself on Sunday inside the campus of Hyderabad Central University.
Mr Vemula's friends have blamed the university's top officials and a federal minister for his death.
He was one of five Dalit, formerly known as untouchables, students who were protesting against their expulsion from the university's housing facility.
Mr Vemula's friends want action to be taken against the university's officials as well as federal minister Bandaru Dattatreya, who is accused of pressurising university officials to take action against the Dalit students.
Students in Mumbai and Delhi have also been holding protests over the incident. Full story...
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Rohith Vemula killed himself on Sunday inside the campus of Hyderabad Central University.
Mr Vemula's friends have blamed the university's top officials and a federal minister for his death.
He was one of five Dalit, formerly known as untouchables, students who were protesting against their expulsion from the university's housing facility.
Mr Vemula's friends want action to be taken against the university's officials as well as federal minister Bandaru Dattatreya, who is accused of pressurising university officials to take action against the Dalit students.
Students in Mumbai and Delhi have also been holding protests over the incident. Full story...
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