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- Sahil Wakode, a 22-year-old second-year B.Tech student, died on September 18 following an incident where he was questioned in an exam hall.
- His parents allege that he faced caste-based discrimination and harassment on the IIT Bombay campus.
- The family has initiated an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan to demand the arrest of those they hold responsible.
- Mumbai Police have transferred the case to the Crime Branch, and an FIR has been filed against Professor Suryanarayana Doolla under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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- Progress of the Crime Branch investigation into the student's death.
- Potential arrests related to the filed FIR.
- Developments in the family's hunger strike at Azad Maidan.
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