FIR filed day after IIT Bombay student dies by suicide, parents allege caste bias
FIR filed day after IIT Bombay student dies by suicide, parents allege caste bias The institute has denied the allegation and remarked no such complaint was submitted by the student, either to its SC-ST cell or to the administration.
FIR filed day after IIT Bombay student dies by suicide, parents allege caste bias The institute has denied the allegation and remarked no such complaint was submitted by the student, either to its SC-ST cell or to the administration.
What happened
In practice, a day after Sahil Wakode (20), a Second Year reserved category student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay, died by suicide, his parents have alleged that he was subjected to caste-based discrimination.
Based on a complaint filed by Sahil's father, Ravindra, the Mumbai Police on Saturday registered an FIR naming Professor Suryanarayan Doolla, among unnamed others, on charges of abetment to suicide (BNS Section 108) and sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The bottom line
Taken together, the developments around FIR filed day after IIT Bombay student dies by suicide, parents allege point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
