The parents of Sahil Wakode, an IIT Bombay student who died by suicide on September 18, have approached the Bombay High Court seeking a fair and independent investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or a Special Investigation Team (SIT), reported the PTI.

In their petition, Ravindra and Sonali Wakode alleged that their son faced caste-based humiliation at the institute and that the police had failed to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death with the seriousness the case required, the news agency reported.