Hyderabad, Oct. 25 -- Seeking his resignation over how the institute handled Dalit student Sahil Wakode's death, 84 organisations have written an open letter to IIT Bombay Director Prof. Shireesh Kedare.

Maktoob Media, in a report on Sunday, October 25, quoted the letter as saying, "The series of events which has unfolded following the unfortunate demise of your student Sahil Wakode has revealed the IIT Bombay administration to be spectacularly callous at best or maliciously repressive towards complaints of caste discrimination."

It also pointed out that the institute had issued a press statement within hours of Wakode's death, saying he was caught cheating at an exam, hence defaming him. It added that since this happened so soon after ...