Dalit chief Jignesh Mevani calls for SIT probe into IIT Bombay pupil’s loss of life
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AHMEDABAD: Congress MLA and Dalit chief Jignesh Mevani on Thursday demanded probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the loss of life of a pupil of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to seek out out whether or not it was a case of homicide, caste discrimination or ragging.
After assembly the Ahmedabad-based relations of Darshan Solanki (18), who allegedly died by suicide by leaping off the seventh flooring of a IIT hostel constructing on Sunday, Mevani mentioned the Dalit neighborhood suspects it to be a case of homicide, caste discrimination or ragging.
The Congress chief from Gujarat mentioned the Dalit neighborhood has given a name for a nationwide candle march on February 19 in help of Solanki, who was a first-year pupil of BTech (chemical) course.
A Mumbai Police workforce visited Solanki’s home right here on Thursday to document the statements of his relations in connection along with his loss of life.
Mevani mentioned, “Darshan’s father Ramesh Solanki told me that he was not even allowed to see the face of his dead son when he went there to collect the body. He was told different things over phone by the institute, and the IIT Bombay professors told different stories. The entire issue appears suspicious.”
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He claimed officers weren’t prepared at hand over the papers relating to the unintentional loss of life case registered at a police station in Mumbai to the scholar’s father, and the dean and different officers of the IIT didn’t behave with him within the delicate method required within the given scenario.
“Since the incident is suspicious, the student’s family members and the Dalit community believe this could be the case of murder, caste-based discrimination and ragging,” Mevani mentioned.
He mentioned the federal government ought to kind an SIT comprising “non-corrupt police officers with integrity” to conduct a probe into the case and to seek out out the reality.
Mevani additionally appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene into the matter, meet the grieving relations and order the form of investigation demanded by them.
He mentioned Solanki was a vibrant pupil who managed to safe admission within the prestigious institute at a time when improper implementation of the reservation coverage has led to just a few college students from the Dalit and tribal communities getting admission in such institutes.
“Probably, Darshan was a victim of the similar form of discrimination experienced by Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi due to which he committed suicide at the IIT Bombay,” Mevani claimed.
Vemula, a analysis scholar of the University of Hyderabad, allegedly hanged himself in a hostel room in 2016.
Tadvi, a second-year gynaecology pupil of TN Topiwala National Medical College in Mumbai, allegedly died by suicide in her hostel room in 2019.
(Assistance for these having suicidal ideas is on the market on Tamil Nadu’s well being helpline 104 and Sneha’s suicide prevention helpline 044-24640050)
AHMEDABAD: Congress MLA and Dalit chief Jignesh Mevani on Thursday demanded probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the loss of life of a pupil of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to seek out out whether or not it was a case of homicide, caste discrimination or ragging.
After assembly the Ahmedabad-based relations of Darshan Solanki (18), who allegedly died by suicide by leaping off the seventh flooring of a IIT hostel constructing on Sunday, Mevani mentioned the Dalit neighborhood suspects it to be a case of homicide, caste discrimination or ragging.
The Congress chief from Gujarat mentioned the Dalit neighborhood has given a name for a nationwide candle march on February 19 in help of Solanki, who was a first-year pupil of BTech (chemical) course.
A Mumbai Police workforce visited Solanki’s home right here on Thursday to document the statements of his relations in connection along with his loss of life.
Mevani mentioned, “Darshan’s father Ramesh Solanki told me that he was not even allowed to see the face of his dead son when he went there to collect the body. He was told different things over phone by the institute, and the IIT Bombay professors told different stories. The entire issue appears suspicious.”
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He claimed officers weren’t prepared at hand over the papers relating to the unintentional loss of life case registered at a police station in Mumbai to the scholar’s father, and the dean and different officers of the IIT didn’t behave with him within the delicate method required within the given scenario.
“Since the incident is suspicious, the student’s family members and the Dalit community believe this could be the case of murder, caste-based discrimination and ragging,” Mevani mentioned.
He mentioned the federal government ought to kind an SIT comprising “non-corrupt police officers with integrity” to conduct a probe into the case and to seek out out the reality.
Mevani additionally appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene into the matter, meet the grieving relations and order the form of investigation demanded by them.
He mentioned Solanki was a vibrant pupil who managed to safe admission within the prestigious institute at a time when improper implementation of the reservation coverage has led to just a few college students from the Dalit and tribal communities getting admission in such institutes.
“Probably, Darshan was a victim of the similar form of discrimination experienced by Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi due to which he committed suicide at the IIT Bombay,” Mevani claimed.
Vemula, a analysis scholar of the University of Hyderabad, allegedly hanged himself in a hostel room in 2016.
Tadvi, a second-year gynaecology pupil of TN Topiwala National Medical College in Mumbai, allegedly died by suicide in her hostel room in 2019.
(Assistance for these having suicidal ideas is on the market on Tamil Nadu’s well being helpline 104 and Sneha’s suicide prevention helpline 044-24640050)
