ABVP Leader Named in Rohith Vemula Case Gets Death Threats

He says he only cares about his PhD now and has lodged a complaint with the police.

Rohith Vemula (Photo Courtesy: The News Minute)

The ABVP activist who has been named in the FIR in the suicide case of Rohith Vemula says he had received death threats.

N Susheel Kumar, who is a PhD scholar with the linguistics department at the University of Hyderabad, told The News Minute that he received death threats by post on Monday. He says he also received similar threats on 22 April, after which they installed CCTV cameras around the house.

He has lodged a complaint with the police but an FIR had not been registered at the time of publishing this story.

I would have opposed the namaz-e-janaza for Yakub Memon even if I was not with the ABVP. Right now I am not bothered about anything except my studies. I have lost one academic year because of this. The slogans raised by the JAC may have inspired someone.

N Susheel Kumar

Susheel said that the letters had been signed by a group that called itself “Telangana Radical Students Union”. The letter was sent by one TS Gupta.

The letters said that the “everyone responsible for his death need to answer”.