Smriti Irani's Comments Disputed By Doctor Who Declared Rohith Vemula Dead

Highlights

1. Smriti Irani's claim that Rohith Vemula could have been saved challenged
2. He was already dead for 2 hours when I came: Doctor who declared him dead
3. Video contradicts Irani's claim that police was not allowed near his body

Union Education Minister Smriti Irani's assertions on Hyderabad student Rohith Vemula during her fiery speech in Parliament on Wednesday have been challenged by the doctor who examined him and also students.

Ms Irani suggested that there was a chance Rohith Vemula, the research scholar found hanging at the Hyderabad Central University on January 17, could have been revived.

"This is how politics was played on this child and his dead body. Nobody allowed a doctor near him. The police has reported... Not one attempt was made to revive this child. Not one attempt was made to take him to a doctor. Instead his body was used as a political tool.

Hidden. No police was allowed till 6.30 the next morning. Not me, but the Telangana police is saying this," the minister said to cries of "shame" from the government benches.

The doctor who declared Rohith dead has disputed the minister's comments.