The dexterity at which a caste discrimination spin has been given to the suicide of a Dalit student who was caught cheating during the exam at IIT Bombay, has reignited the debate around the Leftist ideological takeover of India's premier technical institutions.
In 2023, the Centre revealed that 61 students had died by suicide across IITs, NITs, and IIMs during the preceding five years. A closer look at the caste-based breakup of these 61 deaths dismantles the idea that suicides are exclusive to any single community.
A source who was on the IIT-Bombay campus told OpIndia, "A lot of students, about 200-300, are here at the main gate. They are trying to block the road and the main gate, and get the administration to listen. And they are asking the Director to come and hear them. This is happening right now."
Surendra Koli finally walked free on 12th November 2025. Thereafter, he moved to Haridwar city and ran a tea stall. Less than a year of his acquittal, Koli took his own life.