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IIT Delhi forms probe panel after student death, protest continues
IIT Delhi has set up an external inquiry committee to investigate the death of M.Sc Physics student Rishikesh Kumar. The panel, headed by former Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar, includes an AIIMS psychiatrist…
IIT Delhi has set up an external inquiry committee to investigate the death of M.Sc Physics student Rishikesh Kumar. The panel, headed by former Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar, includes an AIIMS psychiatrist and two student representatives, and must submit its report in two weeks. Times Now reports that students have rejected the committee as a routine response that fails to address underlying campus problems, and their protest continues demanding the resignation of the Dean, Associate Deans and the Physics HOD.
NDTV reports students are demanding a separate probe and Rs 1 crore compensation for the family. The institute says Kumar, who joined in July 2025, developed mental health issues in March 2026 and was advised parental supervision. He withdrew from his second and third semesters and lived outside campus. IIT Delhi plans to appoint an external ombudsperson for student grievances and introduce a faculty-student mentoring system.
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Times Now reports that students have rejected the external committee as routine and ineffective, and that their protest continues demanding resignations. NDTV's two versions report the committee's formation and the students' compensation and resignation demands without editorialising. The Times Now framing of student rejection is the sharper angle, but NDTV's flat wire-style coverage omits that the protest is ongoing. The balanced reading: the institute has announced concrete steps, an ombudsperson, a mentoring system, a two-week committee report, but student trust is absent. The key number to watch is whether the committee's recommendations satisfy the demand for resignations.
Coverage: 3 sources, 1 government-critical, 2 neutral
Sources (3): timesnownews.com (government critical), ndtv.com (neutral report), ndtv.com (2) (neutral report)
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
