Two days after the Mumbai Police filed a chargesheet in the suicide of IIT-Bombay student Darshan Solanki, accusing his batchmate, Arman Iqbal Khatri, of abetment, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes on June 1 closed its investigation into the matter. Sources said that the panel was “satisfied” with the report submitted by the Special Investigation Team.
Mr. Solanki, a Dalit student from Ahmedabad, was a first-year Chemical Engineering student at IIT-B and died by suicide on February 12, amid allegations from his family members that he was subjected to various forms of caste-based discrimination during his time at the institute.
The police said they had found chats between the two showing they had fought over Mr. Solanki’s remarks against Mr. Khatri’s religion. A chargesheet was filed this week in a special court in Mumbai, charging Mr. Khatri with abetment to suicide and relevant sections of the SC/ST Act.
