Members of various student organisations on Monday staged protests in front of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Bombay against the death of Darshan Solanki, an official said.
Solanki, a first year student hailing from Maninagar in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, allegedly died by suicide on February 12.
His kin have claimed he faced discrimination as he was a Dalit and have also raised suspicions of foul play in his death.
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Demanding justice for Solanki, members of the Students Federation of India, DYFI, Republican Party of India, Jati Anth Sangharsh Samiti, Bhim Army, among others, staged a protest outside the IIT Bombay campus in Powai.
They sought registration of a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in connection with the death and a thorough probe to unravel the ordeal faced by Solanki.
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