Mumbai Police Crime Branch is analysing CCTV footage from the examination hall, campus grounds and hostel premises as part of its inquiry into the death of 22-year-old student at IIT Bombay.
Investigators are now analysing and cross-checking CCTV footage from multiple locations across the institute to trace Wakode’s movements and reconstruct the events leading up to his death. The campus witnessed protests following his suicide , prompting the police to step up security measures. The student representatives clarified that they didn’t condone cheating in any manner, but the events leading up to the student suicide made them reflect. “The protest initiated by students was not intended to justify academic misconduct. Following the uproar over the student’s suicide, Doolla has been charged with abetment to suicide and alleged discrimination on the basis of caste.
It was a collective effort to raise concerns about systemic issues that have existed for some time and to seek meaningful and strong institutional reforms so that no student has to face circumstances of this nature again…,” the student representatives said, according to a statement shared by news agency ANI.
