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Parents of IIT Bombay student seek arrests of named professors

Source: NDTV · 23 Sep 2026, 07:44 UTC

The parents of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wokade visited the Mumbai Crime Branch and demanded the immediate arrest of two named faculty members, Professor Suryanarayana Doolla and Shireesh Kedare, according to NDTV. The supplied material does not state the allegations, the professors’ responses or the status of any investigation.

The parents of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wokade visited the Mumbai Crime Branch and demanded the immediate arrest of two named faculty members, NDTV reported. The professors identified in the report are Suryanarayana Doolla and Shireesh Kedare. The parents’ visit was described as a demand for action against the faculty members, but the supplied material does not set out the allegations underlying that request.

It is also unclear from the available information whether police have registered a case, questioned the professors or taken any other investigative steps. No response from Doolla, Kedare, IIT Bombay or the Mumbai Crime Branch was included in the source material. The report establishes that Wokade’s parents sought arrests and approached the crime branch, but provides no further account of the dispute or the legal status of the named individuals.

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