Maharashtra: SIT formed for probe into suicide of IIT Bombay student

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March 1, 2023

The Maharashtra government has formed a special investigation team (SIT) headed by a senior police officer to conduct a probe into the suicide of an 18-year-old student of the IIT Bombay. Darshan Solanki, who hailed from Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and was a first-year student of the B Tech (Chemical) course, committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building on February 12. Ambedkarite student group and his family have claimed that he had faced discrimination at IIT Bombay for belonging to the SC community.

 

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