{
  "id": 8515019,
  "title": "IIT Bombay Records Three Student Deaths In 2026, Half Of Six Suicides And Unnatural Deaths Since 2021: Data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/iit-bombay-records-three-student-deaths-in-2026-half-of-six-suicides",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T18:28:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/iit-bombay-records-three-student-deaths-in-2026-half-of-six-suicides-and-unnatural-deaths-since-2021-data"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai: Three IIT Bombay students have perished in 2026, comprising half of the six suicides and unnatural deaths documented at the institute since September 2021, according to data analyzed by the Global IIT Alumni Support Group. The most recent fatality, that of second-year Energy Science and Engineering student Sahil Ravindra Wakode, precipitated an overnight campus protest on Friday, with students questioning the institute's management of the situation and calling for reforms to its academic and disciplinary procedures.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Three students of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) have died in 2026, accounting for half of the six suicides and unnatural deaths recorded at the institute since September 2021, according to data compiled by the Global IIT Alumni Support Group. The latest death, that of second-year Energy Science and Engineering student Sahil Ravindra Wakode, triggered an overnight…",
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  "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."
}