IIT-B student death case: Sahil Wakode’s parents seek CM intervention
Parents of a deceased IIT Bombay student are seeking intervention from the Maharashtra Chief Minister following their son's suicide. Students have organized protests at the campus, alleging institutional negligence and demanding a higher-level police investigation.
Why it matters
The case has sparked significant student activism and highlights concerns regarding mental health and administrative accountability in elite Indian educational institutions.
IIT-B student death case: Sahil Wakode’s parents seek CM intervention left Security personnel keep vigil outside IIT Bombay. File PTI PTI https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/o3tsvg/article71603531.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/PTI10_14_2026_000261B.jpg - Mumbai: Security personnel keep vigil outside IIT Bombay during a joint protest by various student and political organisations following the death by suicide of student Sahil Wakode, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (PTI Photo)(PTI10_14_2026_000261B) Students have begun a “Justice Corner 2.0” sit-in near the Ambedkar statue in the institute’s building, a day after police dismantled a protest site near the gate that had stood for a month MUMBAI Parents of Sahil Wakode, an IIT Bombay student who died by suicide, have written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking intervention in the case.
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