IIT Bombay Suicide: Parents Refuse to Take Son's Body; Crime Branch to Probe Case The recent suicide of 20 year old Sahil Wakode, an IIT Bombay student, has exposed the deep seated caste prejudices that still plague India's premier institutions.
This incident is not isolated; it is part of a string of suicides at the campus this year.
Although the Mumbai Police's crime branch has taken over the probe, the institution's handling of the situation has been woefully inadequate.