<p>Nearly two months after Darshan Solanki, a Dalit student of Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay jumped to death, the Mumbai Police has arrested a fellow student on charges of abetment to suicide.</p>.<p>The arrested student was identified as Arman Khatri, the hostel mate of the victim.</p>.<p>Khatri was arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Mumbai Police on Sunday. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/cops-confirm-suicide-note-written-by-deceased-iit-b-student-darshan-solanki-1207499.html" target="_blank">Cops confirm 'suicide note' written by deceased IIT-B student Darshan Solanki</a></strong></p>.<p>On 12 February, 2023, Darshan (18) is reported to have jumped from the seventh floor of his hostel building and his body was found by the security guards who saw him in a pool of blood at the IIT-Bombay Powai campus. Darshan from Ahmedabad, belonging to the SC community, was a first-year student of the B.Tech (Chemical) course.</p>.<p>Darshan came from a humble background - his father Rameshbhai Solanki works as a plumber while his mother Tarlikaben Solanki is a domestic worker. His sister Jhanvi Solanki is a final-year MCA student.</p>.<p>On 26 March, the SIT found a suicide note inside the hostel room of the deceased student - which has given a new direction to the investigation.</p>.<p>Initially after the incident, the Powai police station registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR). However, after the suicide note was found, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered under the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.</p>.<p>In the suicide note, Darshan has blamed Khatri.</p>.<p>The Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle (APPSC) of IIT-Bombay was the first to raise the issue of Darshan’s death as a case of caste discrimination and called it “institutional murder” - a charge which was denied by the institute.</p>
<p>Nearly two months after Darshan Solanki, a Dalit student of Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay jumped to death, the Mumbai Police has arrested a fellow student on charges of abetment to suicide.</p>.<p>The arrested student was identified as Arman Khatri, the hostel mate of the victim.</p>.<p>Khatri was arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Mumbai Police on Sunday. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/cops-confirm-suicide-note-written-by-deceased-iit-b-student-darshan-solanki-1207499.html" target="_blank">Cops confirm 'suicide note' written by deceased IIT-B student Darshan Solanki</a></strong></p>.<p>On 12 February, 2023, Darshan (18) is reported to have jumped from the seventh floor of his hostel building and his body was found by the security guards who saw him in a pool of blood at the IIT-Bombay Powai campus. Darshan from Ahmedabad, belonging to the SC community, was a first-year student of the B.Tech (Chemical) course.</p>.<p>Darshan came from a humble background - his father Rameshbhai Solanki works as a plumber while his mother Tarlikaben Solanki is a domestic worker. His sister Jhanvi Solanki is a final-year MCA student.</p>.<p>On 26 March, the SIT found a suicide note inside the hostel room of the deceased student - which has given a new direction to the investigation.</p>.<p>Initially after the incident, the Powai police station registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR). However, after the suicide note was found, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered under the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.</p>.<p>In the suicide note, Darshan has blamed Khatri.</p>.<p>The Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle (APPSC) of IIT-Bombay was the first to raise the issue of Darshan’s death as a case of caste discrimination and called it “institutional murder” - a charge which was denied by the institute.</p>