More Questions Around the Death of Professor Siras

On Wednesday, Dr. Srinivas Ramachandra Siras, the 64-year-old chairman of the Modern Indian Languages department at Aligarh Muslim University in India, who was suspended and then reinstated by a court after being unknowingly videotaped having sex with another man, was found dead in his home.
His family members are now pushing for a probe to determine whether his death was a suicide or murder.

Professor Siras was in the news a few months ago when he was the victim of a sting operation, where he was filmed having consensual sex with another male and then suspended by the university. So far, it has been ruled a suicide by poison, although the police are pursuing other leads, including the possiblity he may have been blackmailed. Professor Siras was a highly respected Marathi poet and scholar who had one dream – to move to the US, the only place where he could be free to be gay, and teach the Marathi language. For details and breaking news on this case, follow Gay India’s tweets.