The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ( IIT-B ) says it did not ask the police to detain the protesting parents of the student who died by suicide last month, or dismantle the protest site on campus on Sunday.
Neither had it asked the police to detain the students “seeking justice” for the deceased boy.
Police detained the students and released them by evening. The incident also comes after the deceased students’ parents requested permission to visit the IIT-B campus, a wish that was granted. The statement came after around 20 professors from IIT-B emailed the institute director on Wednesday, over the police intervention on campus on October 18.
On Thursday, the institute claimed the police were present on campus due to the visit of Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad and MLA Aslam Shaikh, which coincided with the parents’ presence at the institute.
The protesting students behaved aggressively towards police and obstructed them from carrying out their duties shortly before both the MP and the parents arrived, according to the administration.
