The probe into the suicide of the 18-year-old IIT-Bombay student who jumped to death from the eighth floor of the hostel on February 12 has been transferred to the Mumbai Crime Branch Special Investigation Team (SIT). Maharashtra's home department had issued an order to transfer the investigation from the local Powai police station to the crime branch on February 24, ahead of the state's budget session that began on Monday.
The student's family alleges that Darshan Solanki faced caste discrimination, due to which he took this drastic step. A senior Mumbai Police officer said, 'The investigation has been transferred to the Mumbai Crime Branch. An SIT has been constituted under the leadership of Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Lakhmi Gautam. DCP (Detection) KK Upadhyay and ACP (Santacruz Division) Chandrakant Bhosale with more members to be added later.
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As of now, an Accidental Death Report (ADR) has been registered at Powai police station, in which statements of his family members have been recorded. On February 12 at around 1:00 pm, Darshan jumped from the shelter area of the hostel building of IIT-Bombay. A native of Ahmedabad, he had enrolled for B-Tech in the institute three-and-a-half months ago.
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