Mumbai, Sept. 22 -- Amid ongoing protests at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay following the death of second-year BTech student Sahil Wakode, a student said that while cheating was wrong, the allegations against Professor Suryanarayana Doolla were "completely baseless", adding that he had never experienced caste-based discrimination on campus.

Expressing grief over Wakode's death, the student said, "It felt very bad that we lost a younger brother."

"I agree that he cheated and that was wrong. But what happened with Doolla sir is completely baseless. I can speak from my own experience - neither I nor my juniors have ever faced caste-based discrimination," the student said.

The student also explained the disciplinary action gener...