Mumbai, Sept. 22 -- Tensions and division have intensified across the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay campus following the death by suicide of 20-year-old BTech student Sahil Ravindra Wakode on September 18.

As his grieving family demands the immediate arrest of senior faculty members alleging systemic casteist harassment, faculty forums and student groups have stepped forward to defend the accused professor, characterizing the incident as standard enforcement of academic integrity.

Visiting the Mumbai Police Crime Branch office in Bandra on Tuesday, Sahil's parents, Ravindra and Sonali Wakode, demanded the immediate arrest of named faculty members Professor Suryanarayana Doolla and Shireesh Kedare.

"I came to the Crime Bra...