IIT-B Suicide: Father Claims Sahil Was Subjected to Casteist Mocking
A professor was removed after police registered an abetment of suicide case and the student’s family alleged caste-based discrimination and torture.
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Cheating to caste: Timeline of IIT Bombay Sahil Wakode suicide
What initially appeared to be a case of a student taking his own life after being caught cheating during his mid-semester examinations has now turned into a wider controversy involving allegations of caste-based harassment.
IIT-B suicide: Father claims Sahil was subjected to casteist mocking
The father of an IIT Bombay student who died by suicide has alleged that his son faced relentless caste-based mocking and torture from a professor and the administration. A police complaint has been filed, and an FIR registered against a professor for abetment of suicide and under the SC/ST Act. IIT Bombay has removed a Dean from his post following the allegations.
The controversy that erupted at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay following the suicide of a student has now reached the faculty. On Monday, faculty members demonstrated in support of Professor Suryanarayan Dulla in the institute's main building. Dulla was removed from administrative duties following the death of student Sahil Wakode. The Faculty Forum supported him, stating that he performed his duties in accordance with the rules…
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