hyderabad radhika vemula mother of rohith vemula who committed suicide at the university of hyderabad accepted compensation of rs 8 lakh offered by the university on tuesday nearly two years after his deathsoon after vemulas death on january 17 2016 the university authorities had offered a compensation of rs 8 lakh vemulas family had then refused to accept the compensationon tuesday kin of vemula accepted a cheque of rs 8 lakh offered by the university confirmed vinod pavarala the uoh spokespersonin a press release issued by the research scholars mother she said the decision to accept the compensation was taken following the advice legal and social supporters ive learned that this money is being paid not at the behest of apparao uoh vicechancellor but as per the orders of the national commission for scheduled castes ncsc you may recall that the ncsc under the leadership of the honourable sri pl punia had declared that my son rohith was a dalit read the press releasevemulas mother further stated that the declaration to accept the money was being made public to ensure transparency in the matter i did not want rumours flying around that radhika vemula has made a secret deal with the university and accepted money i want to state in no unclear terms that the acceptance of this compensation which is rightfully due to the family and dependents of rohith vemula is in no way a compromise with the university management stated radhika vemula in the press releaseit may be recalled that raja vemula rohiths brother was also offered a job by delhi chief minister arvind kejriwal even the andhra pradesh government had offered an ex gratia of rs 5 lakh and a contract teachers job to rohiths brother while the family rejected the job offers they had accepted the all india muslim league offer to construct a twobedroom house on 160 sq yards of land at koppuravuru which is located between vijayawada and guntur towns