Mumbai, Sept. 20 -- Amid an ongoing row over the death of a second-year student by alleged suicide, the IIT Bombay Faculty Forum has expressed solidarity with exam invigilator Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, stating he was following institutional protocol after discovering that the student was in "unauthorised possession and use of a smartphone."

"We strongly express our solidarity with our colleague Prof Suryanarayana Doolla, who was discharging his duties in line with the institute's Senate-approved academic policies currently in force," the forum said in the statement, while offering deepest condolences to the family of the student.

IIT Bombay earlier said the student, from the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, was found ...