{
  "id": 9074812,
  "title": "IIT Bombay Student Representatives Clarify Stand On Sahil Wakode Death, Say 'Protest Was Not To Justify Cheating'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/iit-bombay-student-representatives-clarify-stand-on-sahil-wakode",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T03:15:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/iit-bombay-student-representatives-clarify-stand-on-sahil-wakode-death-say-protest-was-not-to-justify-cheating-mumbai-news"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai: IIT Bombay student representatives have issued an official statement following the death by suicide of second-year BTech student Sahil Wakode, clarifying that their protest was not intended to justify academic misconduct but to raise concerns over systemic issues and seek institutional reforms. The representatives said students do not 'stand for or condone cheating or any form of academic…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘We ask same questions’: Parents of past IIT-Bombay suicide victims join protest over Sahil Wakode’s death",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/we-ask-same-questions-parents-of-past-iit-bombay-suicide-victims-join",
        "published": "2026-09-22T02:13:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}