The family of a student of IIT-Bombay who allegedly committed suicide has claimed that he was denied admission to the premier institute because of his belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community. I faced discrimination. The family members have expressed the possibility of murder. , Police claims, was a student before suicide Talked to father for a minute

Mumbai Police said that it has started recording the statements of the hostel students staying with the boy in connection with the investigation of the case. Citing preliminary investigation, the police in Mumbai said that student Darshan Solanki (16) before taking his own life on Sunday Talked to his father in Ahmedabad for a few minutes, but did not say anything about caste discrimination in the institute. The Powai-based institute in Mumbai has rejected allegations of favoritism and urged students to wait till the police and internal investigations are over.

Darshan Solanki jumped from the seventh floor of the hostel building

Darshan Solanki (02)) for allegedly jumping from the seventh floor of a hostel building in the Powai campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) on Sunday. had died from. He was a resident of Ahmedabad and a first year student of B.Tech (Chemical) course.

Darshan’s death being linked to murder

Darshan Solanki’s family in Maninagar area of ​​Ahmedabad city Lives and family members claimed that Darshan faced discrimination because of being a Dalit, he could not have committed suicide. Darshan’s mother Tarlikaben Solanki said, I think my son has been murdered. A few hours before his death, he had called us but he spoke normally and did not give any indication that he was under any stress. However, when he came home during Makar Sankranti, he told his aunt that other students were keeping distance from him. He was upset because philosophy had made so much progress.

Father expressed apprehension of murder

Darshan’s father Rameshbhai alleged that along with the The hospital authorities tried to cover up the matter and conducted the post-mortem even before he reached Mumbai. He said, I do not think it is a case of suicide. If you fall from the seventh floor, you will get many injuries. But, when I saw my son’s face after the postmortem, I did not see any injury marks. How is this possible? What’s more, the post-mortem was done in a hurry and that too without our permission. I was only allowed to see his face after the post mortem.

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Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 1: 11 PM IST