The death of a Dalit student in an institution like IIT Bombay is very dangerous, the family says that he was mentally tortured and publicly humiliated on caste grounds by other upper caste students, we demand that a CBI inquiry should be conducted immediately... #DarshanSolanki 
"As soon as students came to know that Darshan belongs to SC ST then their behavior changed, they misbehaved with him” - Family
"When he came last month, he told me, and mom-dad, that there's caste discrimination happening there. His friends came to know that he belongs to a scheduled caste, so their behaviour towards him changed. They stopped talking to him, they stopped hanging out with him," - Sister
"One month ago when he came here, he was saying that many students don't like that I am studying for free. People are jealous, they ask 'why are you studying for free while we are spending a lot of money'. 'Many students are jealous of me,' he told me" - Aunty Divyaben
IIT Bombay campus insiders said the SC/ST Cell had last year conducted a survey where 100 students testified that they were facing caste discrimination, as a result of which, many were having mental health issues. ....
#JusticeForDarshanSolanki
#JusticeForDarshanSolanki
Darshan Solanki was a very talented student, he cracked the IIT exam twice, in the first time he took computer science but left the college due to not getting the desired branch, next time he passed the exam again and took admission in chemical engineering.
#DarshanSolanki
#DarshanSolanki
"The investigation committee formed by the administration of @iitbombay is neither transparent nor independent. There is no external member in the committee which is supposed to identify if the institute was at fault. No info about the committee is sent to students."- @AppscIITb
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