{
  "id": 8914531,
  "title": "'Clarify Your Legal Status': IIT Bombay Professor Tells Faculty Forum After Body Defends Suryanarayana Doolla Amid Student Death Probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/clarify-your-legal-status-iit-bombay-professor-tells-faculty-forum",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T11:15:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/clarify-your-legal-status-iit-bombay-professor-tells-faculty-forum-after-body-defends-suryanarayana-doolla-amid-student-death-probe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "IIT Bombay Professor Suryakant Waghmore has publicly distanced himself from the Faculty Forum's statement backing Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, following the death of student Sahil Wakode. Waghmore tweeted \"Not me!!\" to indicate that he did not identify with the Faculty Forum's position. In an email to Faculty Forum President Rajkumar S. Pant, Waghmore questioned the forum's legal status and objected to its intervention in the ongoing matter, stating that the Faculty Forum is not a legal body and building pressure on the investigation committee. Waghmore accused the Faculty Forum of taking sides and lacking sympathy for Wakode and his family. He also warned that he would consider legal action against Pant if he received further emails on the matter.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: IIT Bombay Professor of Sociology Suryakant Waghmore has publicly distanced himself from the institute’s Faculty Forum statement backing Professor Suryanarayana Doolla amid protests following the death of second-year student Sahil Wakode. Not me!! pic.twitter.com/347m1Vuf5E — Suryakant Waghmore (@Suryakant_Waghm) September 21, 2026 Reacting to the Faculty Forum’s September 20 statement on…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "IIT Bombay suicide case: Zoho's Sridhar Vembu backs Prof Doolla booked over 'casteist slurs' — SC/ST Act ‘weaponised’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/iit-bombay-suicide-case-zohos-sridhar-vembu-backs-prof-doolla-booked",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:36:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Who Is Suryanarayana Doolla? IIT Bombay Professor Booked In Sahil Wakode’s Death Case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/who-is-suryanarayana-doolla-iit-bombay-professor-booked-in-sahil",
        "published": "2026-09-21T06:25:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "IIT Bombay suicide case: IIT-B apologises over communication concerning Sahil’s death",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/iit-bombay-suicide-case-iit-b-apologises-over-communication",
        "published": "2026-09-21T06:55:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}