Mumbai, Sept. 23 -- Members of the Mumbai Youth Congress and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) Youth wing staged a demonstration at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Wednesday, tying black ribbons around their foreheads to demand justice for deceased student Sahil Wakode and the immediate arrest of the accused professor.

The protesting youth groups alleged administrative bias and demanded an independent inquiry by the Crime Branch into the recent spate of student suicides on the premier institute's campus over the past several months.

Speaking to reporters during the agitation, a Youth Congress representative criticised the institute's initial handling of the case and alleged that police had previously detained peaceful demo...