Parents say IIT Bombay student had told them about caste discrimination
The parents of Sahil Wakode, who died by suicide, said he had previously told them about discrimination based on caste. His father said he advised him to endure the situation because admission to an Indian Institute of Technology was difficult, according to NDTV.
The parents of Sahil Wakode, an IIT Bombay student who died by suicide, have said he had previously told them about caste-based discrimination, NDTV reports. Wakode’s father said his son had communicated concerns about the discrimination before his death. He said he responded by telling Wakode that securing admission to an Indian Institute of Technology was difficult and advised him to bear the situation.
The account was provided in a quotation carried by the supplied report. It does not include further details about the alleged discrimination, identify people accused of carrying it out or state when Wakode first raised the issue. The available material also does not explain whether IIT Bombay had been informed, whether an internal inquiry was under way or whether the family had made a formal complaint.
No additional information was supplied about Wakode’s course, the circumstances of his death or any response from the institute. The parents’ account places their son’s earlier disclosure of alleged caste abuse at the centre of the report, while the wider facts remain unavailable in the source material.
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