Parents of IIT Bombay student who died by suicide go on hunger strike, call for action against his 'tormentors'
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The parents of an IIT-Bombay studen t, who allegedly died by suicide last week, began an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on Thursday evening after meeting the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC).
Adding to this, Following the reported suicide of a Btech student at IIT Bombay in Mumbai, heavy police security was deployed on the IIT Bombay campus on Tuesday. (Praful Gangurde) The student was found dead on the evening of September 18, hours after he was pulled up for using a mobile phone during an examination, police shared.
Meanwhile, The IIT-Bombay students alleged the victim was asked to leave the examination hall and threatened with disciplinary action, including suspension. The institute refuted the charges and shared the student was assured that the incident would not have any adverse impact on his career.
Notably, The parents have sought the arrest of IIT-Bombay director Shireesh Kedare and Dean of Student Affairs Satyanarayan Dulla. A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against the institute under Section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
As per the latest buzz, On Thursday, when the parents were travelling towards the main gate of IIT Bombay to continue their protest, Mumbai Police stopped them around 5 km from the campus. After as per reports waiting for about an hour, they were taken to the Sahyadri Guest House, a government guest house in Mumbai, where NCSC chairperson Kishor Makwana was meeting them. Makwana visited IIT Bombay too.
In further updates, Advocate Siddharth Ingale and Nikhil Kamble, who are providing legal aid to the parents, shared that Makwana had asked the parents whether they had faith in the ongoing investigation. At that time, the parents raised concerns over the CCTV footage related to the student’s death.
On top of that, The parents questioned how the CCTV footage of the exam on September 18, which was circulated among the media and which they described as “important evidence” in the case, became available publicly.
The parents told the commission that they wanted a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the circumstances surrounding the circulation of the footage.
Source: Hindustan Times