IIT Bombay issued an apology on Monday regarding its statement over the death of the student, which has caused massive uproar across the institute. Furthermore, IIT-B has also denied reports claiming director Shireesh Kedare has resigned from his post.
The details and circumstances leading up to the incident remain subject to investigation by the appropriate authorities. In view of the ongoing investigation, it was inappropriate to have set out or characterised details relating to the events preceding his demise before they had been duly established through the appropriate investigative process,” the institute wrote on X. Parents of the deceased, a scheduled caste student, have named Suryanarayan Doolla, a former dean of student affairs and their son’s professor, in an FIR filed with the police, alleging abetment to suicide on grounds of caste discrimination.
“We apologise for the statements contained in our earlier communication concerning the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate demise of Sahil.
