Education
Parents of Deceased IIT-Bombay Student Begin Hunger Strike Demanding Justice
The Hindu2h
THE BRIEF
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The parents of Sahil Wakode, a Dalit B.Tech student who died by suicide at IIT-Bombay on September 18, 2026, began an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan in Mumbai.
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The family alleged caste-based harassment by course instructor Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, who has been named in an FIR and suspended as Dean of Administrative Affairs.
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An institutional probe is currently underway regarding the circumstances surrounding the second-year student's death in his hostel room.