Hours before planned hunger strike, IIT-B student's parents 'forcibly' taken away from Mumbai
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The parents of an IIT-Bombay student, who allegedly died by suicide last week, on Wednesday alleged they were forcibly taken out of Mumbai in a private car, hours before they were scheduled to start a hunger strike over the incident.
Adding to this, Police deployment at the IIT Bombay gate on Tuesday. ( Praful Gangurde/HT) According to a person who was with the protesting family at the IIT-Bombay campus in Powai, they were about to leave the institute in the early hours of the day when a group of men – dressed in plain clothes – arrived and asked them to shift to another vehicle.
Meanwhile, This person, who did not wish to be identified, shared he wasn’t aware of the men’s identities but joined the family in the vehicle.
Notably, In a video that surfaced later, the family claimed the driver assured them to take them to their house in Yavatmal district.
As per the latest buzz, The victim’s father alleged he told the driver that they did not want to return to their house but wanted to remain in Mumbai to continue with their protest. They also asked the driver to stop at one point, in order to use the washroom. It was now that they realised that they had reached Karanja Lad area in Washim district, where they shot the video.
In further updates, The parents claimed they had taken permission for the hunger strike.
On top of that, There was no immediate comment from the police at the time of filing this report.
The student was found dead on Friday evening, hours after he was pulled up for using a mobile phone during an examination, the police shared.
Source: Hindustan Times