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Mumbai police book IIT Bombay professor for suicide abetment

By Drooid · Sep 20, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC · How we work

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IIT Professor Booked

Mumbai police booked IIT Bombay professor Suryanarayan Doolla for abetment to suicide and caste-based abuse.
Student Sahil Wakode, 20, was found dead in his hostel after an exam.
Police say he used a phone to upload the paper to ChatGPT.
IIT Bombay says he received counselling, no disciplinary action and his record will not suffer.
Students protested, demanding Director Shireesh Kedare’s resignation and alleging the professor threatened Wakode with suspension.

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IIT Delhi Launches Probe

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told Lok Sabha that 122 student suicides occurred at IITs and IIMs from 2014-2021.
He said the deaths included 24 Scheduled Caste, 41 Other Backward Classes and three Scheduled Tribe students.
A 31-year-old MSc Physics student at IIT Delhi died by jumping from a sixth-floor building.
IIT Delhi formed a probe panel chaired by High Court Judge Justice Mukta Gupta and listed AASRA’s 24-hour helpline (91-9820466726).

History

Historical Context

The Mandal Commission, set up by Morarji Desai’s Janata government in 1979, recommended 27 % OBC reservations, a figure the V. P. Singh cabinet enacted in August 1990, sparking massive student protests and self-immolations across Delhi. The 1992 Supreme Court ruling upheld the quota, and the 2006 amendment extended it to IITs and other central institutes, a legacy echoed in today’s IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi controversies.

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IIT Professor Booked

Mumbai police booked IIT Bombay professor Suryanarayan Doolla for abetment to suicide and caste-based abuse.
Student Sahil Wakode, 20, was found dead in his hostel after an exam.
Police say he used a phone to upload the paper to ChatGPT.
IIT Bombay says he received counselling, no disciplinary action and his record will not suffer.
Students protested, demanding Director Shireesh Kedare’s resignation and alleging the professor threatened Wakode with suspension.

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