India, Oct. 3 -- IIT Bombay students protesting on campus since the last 15 days started a hunger strike at Justice Corner on Friday for two days, demanding action from the institute over the death of a second-year B Tech student on September 18. This comes days after the student's parents, who have been protesting at Azad Maidan, were denied permission by police to continue their protest during weekends.

Hundreds of students had gathered on campus soon after news of the student's suicide spread - they marched towards the main gate demanding the resignation of IIT Bombay director Shireesh Kedare and professor Suryanarayana Doolla.

The protesting students said on Friday that Kedare did not meet them at the gate to hear their concerns ear...