Dalit Student's Suicide: IIT Bombay Forms Panel For "Parallel" Probe
NDTV
Darshan Solanki (18), who belonged to a Scheduled Caste community, allegedly died by suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building.
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has formed a panel to conduct a "parallel" probe into the death of a first-year B.Tech student amid allegations of caste bias and has urged its students to come forward if they have "relevant" information.
The panel is headed by Professor Nand Kishore and also has SC/ST Students Cell members, including faculty and students, a few student mentor coordinators and the in-charge chief medical officer of IIT Bombay hospital, said a statement by institute Director Subhasis Chaudhuri on Saturday.
Darshan Solanki (18), who belonged to a Scheduled Caste community, allegedly died by suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building on the Powai campus of the IIT on February 12, but his family suspects something wrong in his death and said he faced discrimination.
The Powai police are investigating the matter and have also visited Solanki's home in Ahmedabad.
