{
  "id": 15403272,
  "title": "Sahil Wakode Suicide Case: Mumbai Police Detain Students & Others During Protest Outside IIT-Bombay | VIDEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/sahil-wakode-suicide-case-mumbai-police-detain-students-others-during",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T11:49:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/sahil-wakode-suicide-case-mumbai-police-detain-students-others-during-protest-outside-iit-bombay-video-mumbai-news"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai Police apprehended students and others involved in a protest outside IIT-Bombay on Sunday, demanding justice for Sahil Wakode. The 22-year-old second-year BTech student passed away by suicide on September 18. Demonstrators have been holding hunger strikes and protests near the institution's main gate to hold the university accountable for the tragedy. According to Times of India, Wakode's parents will visit the campus on Sunday to pay their respects. Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) workers were also detained during the protest, with visuals showing police forcibly removing them. A Congress delegation, including MP Varsha Gaikwad and MLA Aslam Shaikh, met with Wakode's parents to offer condolences. The family, along with student organizations and Congress leaders, have been protesting, demanding a transparent investigation and the immediate arrest of the faculty member named in the FIR. Wakode died after allegedly using a mobile phone during an examination, leading to the booking of IIT Bombay professor Suryanarayana Doolla for abetment to suicide. Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) spokesperson Anish Gawande criticized the police action, questioning their treatment of young people inside the campus.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Several students at IIT-Bombay were detained by the Mumbai Police on Sunday during protests demanding justice for Sahil Wakode, a student who died by suicide at the institute last month. Students detained during protest In a video shared by news agency IANS , police personnel were seen detaining students and others who were attempting to stage a protest near the campus. The demonstrators…",
  "key_points": [
    "Mumbai Police detain students and others during protest outside IIT-Bombay.",
    "Sahil Wakode, 22, died by suicide on September 18 after using phone in exam.",
    "Congress delegation meets Wakode's parents for condolences."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Sahil Wakode’s parents, protesting IIT-B students detained; protest site demolished",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/sahil-wakodes-parents-protesting-iit-b-students-detained-protest-site",
        "published": "2026-10-18T11:10:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}