‘Students were keeping distance…’ Questions raised on the death of Dalit student in IIT-Bombay, demand for director’s resignation

IIT Bombay Dalit Student Suicide Case: Many questions are being raised regarding the alleged suicide of 18-year-old Dalit student Darshan

A student organization of IIT-Bombay has demanded the resignation of director Shubhashish Chowdhary following the death of 18-year-old Dalit student Darshan Solanki on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Twitter and IIT-Bombay)

Highlights
1. Demand for the resignation of the director arose due to the alleged suicide in IIT-Bombay.
2. Students allege failure to make the campus a safe place.
3. The Family claimed ‘students were keeping distance from Darshan’, expressed suspicion of murder

Mumbai. Serious questions are being raised regarding the death of a student who allegedly committed suicide on the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT Bombay) campus. The Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle (APPSC), a student organization of IIT-Bombay, has demanded the resignation of director Subhasish Chaudhary following the death of 18-year-old Dalit student Darshan Solanki on Wednesday. Explain that the family of the student who committed suicide has claimed that he faced discrimination in the premier institution for belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community and there is a strong possibility that he was ‘murdered’.

The APPSC criticized Chowdhary for failing to make the institute a safe place for Dalit, Bahujan, and Adivasi students, despite being aware of it, The Hindu reported. The APPSC in a statement blamed the institute’s failure to act in time for Darshan’s suicide. Along with this, APPSC said, ‘We demand the resignation of the director of the institute in the light of these new facts.’ Let us tell you that 18-year-old Darshan Solanki died on Sunday after allegedly jumping from the seventh floor of a hostel building on the Powai campus of IIT.

The students’ union said, ‘The most disturbing thing in this whole episode is that the administration, including the director, is constantly trying to deny any kind of caste discrimination in the campus.’ Apart from this, APPSC said that students and organizations who are trying to bring the issues of discrimination to light are being accused of harming the reputation of the institution.

Students were keeping their distance from Darshan
It is known that the family of Darshan Solanki lives in the Maninagar area of ​​Ahmedabad city and the family members claimed on Wednesday that Darshan faced ‘discrimination for being a Dalit’, it was not suicide. could do Darshan’s mother Tarlikaben Solanki said, ‘I definitely feel that my son has been murdered. A few hours before his death, he had called us but he spoke normally and gave no indication that he was under any stress. However, when he came home during Makar Sankranti, he told his aunt that other students were keeping their distance from him. He was upset because Darshan had made so much progress.

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