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An 18-year-old Dalit student at IIT Bombay, who died allegedly by suicide, had spoken to his sister and aunt about being ostracised by his friends because of his caste. While authorities at IIT Bombay have said there was no discrimination on the campus, Darshan Solanki's family claimed he did face persecution. "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," his sister Jhanvi Solanki said. "He was in distress, he was being tortured. That's why he did this," his mother Tarlikaben Solanki said. Darshan's aunt Divyaben said, "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 mo...

In Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit, a youth allegedly committed suicide after being disturbed by false allegations of rape and harassment. Before giving his life, the deceased Narendra had written the note. A video was also made. In this four-page note, Narendra has purportedly told that he is committing suicide after getting fed up with a girl and her family. On the complaint of the family of the deceased, the police have registered a case against 9 people including the girl, her father and brother. On October 8, Narendra, a resident of Bhaurai village of Pilibhit, committed suicide in the field. At that time no note came to the fore. But three days later, videos and a long note were recovered from Narendra's room. Her father Sevaram has filed a case against the girl and her family members after watching the video and reading the note. According to the report, it seems from the note and the video that Narendra was being accused of raping the girl. I...