Police have filed a closure report before a local court in its probe into the death of Rohith Vemula, a student of University of Hyderabad, claiming he was not a Dalit and died by suicide as he feared that his identity would be discovered.

Cyberabad police that investigated the case informed court that Rohith Vemula did not belong to Scheduled Caste and was aware of it. Vemula died by suicide in 2016. “Deceased had multiple issues worrying him which could have driven him to commit suicide,” report said.