Student jumps from seventh floor in IIT Mumbai, dies: First semester exams were over a day before, Dalit organization alleges caste discrimination

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Suicide note was not found from the spot, hence the cause of death could not be ascertained.

In IIT Mumbai, an 18-year-old student named Darshan Solanki committed suicide by jumping from the seventh floor of the campus hostel at 11:30 am on Sunday. He was a resident of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He got admission in IIT only three months ago to study B.Tech (Chemical Engineering). Darshan lived on the eighth floor of 16B hostel. According to reports, the first semester examination of Darshan was over on Saturday itself.

There was a loud sound when Darshan jumped, due to which other students and security personnel reached the spot in no time. He was covered in blood. The student was taken to the hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. After the death, an organization named APPSC (Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle) IIT Bombay has posted on social media alleging caste discrimination in the campus with Dalit students.

IIT Mumbai has also constituted a committee to investigate the matter.

IIT Mumbai has also constituted a committee to investigate the matter.

Police is probing the cause of suicide
The police have registered a case of accidental death. SSP Budhan Sawat said that prima facie it seems that Darshan was in depression. The matter is being investigated from every angle. The police is also ascertaining whether he committed suicide because of the exam. However, no suicide note has been found, hence the cause of death could not be ascertained.

This is not a personal issue, institutional murder: APPSC
APPSC (Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle) IIT Mumbai wrote on Twitter in English- We mourn the demise of Darshan Solanki, an 18 year old Dalit student. He had joined IIT Bombay for his B.Tech 3 months back. We must understand that this is not an individual or private issue, but an institutional murder.

In another tweet, APPSC alleged that- Despite our complaints, the institute did not care to make the campus inclusive and safe for Dalit, Bahujan, Tribal students. First year students face the most harassment in terms of anti-reservation sentiments and taunts of non-merit.

The institute formed the inquiry committee
IIT Mumbai has also constituted a committee to investigate the matter and said that we cannot change anything in what happened, but in future we will try more so that it never happens again.

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