Overview
- Sahil Wakode was found dead in his hostel room on September 18 after an exam incident that has become central to police and public scrutiny.
- His parents filed an FIR naming invigilator Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla for alleged caste discrimination and abetment to suicide and the Mumbai Crime Branch took over the criminal probe.
- Police have recorded statements from many students and staff, collected CCTV and sent Wakode’s locked iPhone to the Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory for technical analysis to reconstruct his final hours.
- IIT Bombay’s 10‑member internal inquiry has been granted a one‑week extension but its composition is contested by students and the family, who demand an external, SC/ST‑led panel.
- Students, alumni and Wakode’s parents have mobilised through candlelight marches, campus sit‑ins and a hunger strike at Azad Maidan while a leaked short exam clip and the institute’s early statements have provoked criticism and calls for broader reforms to campus culture and counselling.