Overview
- The student was allegedly caught using a mobile phone to upload an exam paper to ChatGPT, submitted a written apology asking for another chance, and was found dead in his hostel room on September 18.
- Police confirmed they have Sahil Wakode’s written statement and say the Mumbai Crime Branch has recorded about 40 witness statements while seizing electronic devices for forensic analysis.
- Sahil’s parents have alleged caste-based harassment at IIT Bombay and began a public hunger strike on September 24 to demand action and accountability.
- Powai police registered an FIR naming Professor Suryanarayana Doolla in an abetment-to-suicide case; Doolla has denied the allegations, was recorded by investigators, and was removed from an administrative post.
- IIT Bombay says it followed its disciplinary process that allows students to submit responses but later apologised for premature public comments; the probe’s forensic findings will shape possible legal and institutional consequences and wider debate on AI and campus practices.