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Sahil Wakode Case: IIT-B Professor Questioned for 8 Hours, Director to be Summoned
- •Mumbai Crime Branch questioned IIT Bombay Professor Suryanarayana Doola for 8 hours in the Sahil Wakode suicide case, recording his statement.
- •Sahil's parents alleged Professor Doola harassed Sahil, leading to the Crime Branch's interrogation.
- •Sources indicate the Mumbai Crime Branch will soon summon IIT Bombay Director Shirish Kedare to record his statement.
- •Sahil's parents are on a hunger strike at Azad Maidan for 6 days, demanding the arrest of those named in the FIR.
- •Sahil, a second-year B.Tech student, was found dead in his hostel room on September 18, hours after allegedly being caught using a mobile phone during an exam.
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The Mumbai Crime Branch questioned Professor Suryanarayana Doola for about 8 hours because Sahil Wakode's parents filed a complaint accusing him of harassing their son before his death. Powai police had registered an abetment to suicide case against the professor based on this complaint.
Sahil Wakode's parents have been on a hunger strike at Azad Maidan demanding the immediate arrest of those named in the FIR, specifically Professor Suryanarayana Doola and IIT Bombay Director Shirish Kedare, to get justice for their son.
Sahil Wakode, a second-year B.Tech student, was found hanging in his hostel room on September 18 after being allegedly caught using a mobile phone during a mid-semester examination. Initial reports indicated he allegedly used the phone to upload a question paper to an AI platform, after which Professor Doola told him to leave the exam hall.
