Denied entry into HCU campus, Rohith Vemula's mother, brother stage sit-in protest outside: Watch
Radhika Vemula was at the university to meet the students injured in Tuesday's lathi-charge.
After Tuesday’s violence at the Hyderabad Central University campus, the university authorities issued a circular blocking the entry of outsiders.
PTI reported that Rohith's mother Radhika Vemula went on a sit-in protest in front of the main entrance of Hyderabad Central University after she was not allowed to meet the students who were injured in Tuesday's police lathicharge. In the video above she can be seen sitting in the centre of a crowd protesting against the university authorities.
According to the university’s Chief Security Officer TV Rao, “She wanted to hold a dharna inside the campus. We stopped her from entering. She and around 20 students then sat on a dharna in front of the HCU gate.”
The protesting students raised slogans against HCU vice-chancellor Appa Rao Podile, demanding his immediate removal from the post. They also sought the release of students and faculty members arrested in connection with Tuesday's incidents.