Alumni, students’ groups write to Dy CM, seek FIR

First India Bureau

Mumbai: At least two students' collectives of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have requested Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis to direct the police to register an FIR in the death of the first-year student, Darshan Solanki, who allegedly committed suicide in February.

The state government has already formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a senior police officer to probe the death.

In an e-mail-cum-letter written to Fadnavis on Tuesday, the students' groups claimed the SIT investigation is based on the Accidental Death Report (ADR) filed by the police, and "the refusal of the SIT

Tto base their investigation on FIR is a failure to recognize the rights of the family".

This letter is written by Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle (APPSC), Ambedkarite Students Collective (ASC) and a concerned alumni group of IIT Bombay.

The APPSC also tweeted a photograph