suicides at iit bombay: Parents meet Rahul Gandhi, seek help
Mumbai, Nov. 6 -- Parents of two IIT Bombay students who died by suicide met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Thursday, seeking their intervention in the investigations into their children's deaths.
The meeting was attended by the parents of the second-year BTech student who died by suicide on September 18 and another student who died by suicide in 2014. Gandhi assured the families that he and his party would extend all possible help in their fight for justice, said Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad, who was also present.
The discussion lasted around an hour and a half, during which the parents raised concerns over alleged caste-based discrimination and the lack of action by the police and the institute.They also called for systemic changes at IIT-B to prevent such tragedies in the future, Gaikwad said.
"We told Rahul Gandhi everything about the cases. He assured the families that he and the Congress will extend all possible help," said Gaikwad....
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