Archive · 24 Sep 2026
IIT Bombay Student’s Parents Begin Hunger Strike Seeking Arrests
Sahil was an IIT Bombay student who died.
His parents have started a hunger strike.
They want the people they call his tormentors to be arrested.
An FIR names Professor Suryanarayana Doolla.
The FIR alleges that the case involved abetment to suicide and caste discrimination.
Doolla has also been booked under a law protecting Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Students and political activists have protested Sahil’s death.
IIT Bombay removed Doolla from his position as Dean of Administrative Affairs.
The parents of IIT Bombay student Sahil launched a hunger strike.
They are seeking the arrest of people they describe as his tormentors.
Professor Suryanarayana Doolla was named in an FIR alleging abetment to suicide linked to caste discrimination.
Doolla was also booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
IIT Bombay removed Doolla as Dean of Administrative Affairs amid protests over Sahil’s death.
- Who
- Sahil’s parents, Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, IIT Bombay students and political activists.
- What
- Sahil’s parents launched a hunger strike seeking arrests in a case involving allegations of abetment to suicide and caste discrimination.
- When
- The articles do not specify a date.
- Where
- IIT Bombay.
- Why
- Sahil’s parents are seeking action against people they identify as his tormentors, while protests have followed allegations linked to his death.
- Student
- Sahil
- Institution
- IIT Bombay
- FIR allegation
- Abetment to suicide linked to caste discrimination
- Named professor
- Suryanarayana Doolla
- Additional law
- Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
- Institutional action
- Doolla was removed as Dean of Administrative Affairs
- Protests
- Students and political activists protested over Sahil’s death