IIT-Bombay student death: ACP-rank officer tasked with Crime Branch probe

An ACP-rank officer of the Mumbai Crime Branch has been entrusted with the investigation into the death of second-year Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay student Sahil Ravindra Wakode, with the probe being supervised by DCP Detection-I, Mumbai Police said on Wednesday (September 23, 2026).

The case, initially registered at Powai Police Station as C.R. No. 999/2026, has been transferred to the Crime Branch and registered as DCB CID C.R. No. 124/2026, according to a press advisory issued by DCP Detection Raj Tilak Roshan.

Police said investigators were examining all possible angles in the case and that the probe was being conducted “diligently and impartially”.

The Crime Branch has already begun examining the circumstances surrounding Wakode’s death, including his movements and events preceding the incident.