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<\/picture><\/div>\nStudents staged a protest on the college campus as soon as news of the suicide emerged.<\/span><\/p>\n Second-year student Sahil Wakode died by suicide by hanging in his hostel room at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, on Friday evening. Sahil was from Yavatmal, Maharashtra, and was studying Energy Science and Engineering.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A few hours before the incident, he had been caught using a mobile phone during an exam. IIT Bombay stated that before the incident, Sahil had been caught using a mobile phone in the exam hall \u2014 he had attempted to cheat by uploading a photo of the question paper to ChatGPT.<\/p>\n This is reportedly the third suicide case on the IIT Bombay campus in the past 7 months. Earlier, in July, as the new semester began, a 20-year-old second-year BTech student had died by suicide in the same hostel. In February, a second-year student had died by suicide in Hostel-4.<\/p>\n Pictures of the protest outside IIT Bombay…<\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n Students staged a protest on the college campus late on Friday night.<\/span><\/p>\n In view of the students’ protest, the Mumbai Police deployed a large security contingent outside the college campus.<\/span><\/p>\n IIT Bombay had assured no action would be taken<\/strong><\/span> After the exam ended at 4 pm, he returned to his hostel, where he was found dead that evening. The institute said no action had been taken against him in this matter. His instructor and department head had spoken with him and reassured him that the incident would not affect his career.<\/p>\n The institute also called the death \u201cunfortunate\u201d.<\/p>\n![\"Students](\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/521\/2026\/09\/18\/dbgifmagic_-_2026-09-18t235234_236_1789755903651.gif\")
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