# IIT-B suicide: Student apologised for cheating, sought second chance, police say 2026-10-13T09:56:41+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets A 22-year-old IIT Bombay student who died by suicide on 18 September after being caught cheating in an exam had submitted a written apology seeking a second chance, police said on Tuesday, 13 October. Sahil Wakode, a second-year BTech student, was found in his hostel room hours after allegedly using his phone to access ChatGPT during a mid-semester exam. The Mumbai crime branch has recorded statements from more than 40 people, including IIT-B director Shireesh Kedare and professor Suryanarayana Doolla. An FIR was registered against Doolla following a complaint by Wakode's father alleging harassment and caste-based discrimination. Doolla has denied the allegations. The student's parents, Ravindra and Sonali Wakode, began a hunger strike on 24 September seeking justice. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The three sources carry nearly identical PTI copy, making this a uniform wire report. The coverage is straight: it details Sahil Wakode's written apology and his subsequent death by suicide, the police investigation involving over 40 statements including the professor and the IIT-B director, the professor's denial of harassment allegations, and the parents' hunger strike alleging caste discrimination. There is no slant or editorialising across any source. The story is presented as a developing investigation with no named next step, leaving the focus on the competing accounts, the police's procedural updates and the parents' demand for justice. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Wire copy, no observable slant - timesnownews.com (neutral report) Wire copy, no observable slant - rediff.com (neutral report) Wire copy, no observable slant This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: IIT Bombay, Mumbai Crime Branch, Sahil Wakode, Shireesh Kedare, Suryanarayana Doolla Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/iit-b-suicide-student-apologised-for-cheating-sought-second-chance-police-say/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/iit-b-suicide-student-apologised-for-cheating-sought-second-chance-police-say/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/