The tenure of the committee formed to probe the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi student suicide case has been extended again. The committee probing the student suicide case has been given extension for the second time. Now the committee has been given time till October 10 to submit its report. On August 23, 31-year-old MSc Physics student Hrishikesh Kumar allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of the Lecture Hall Complex (LHC) on the IIT Delhi campus. This led to protests on campus for a week, after which an independent inquiry committee was formed to look into the matter.

Let’s know who is included in the committee formed to probe the IIT Delhi student suicide case. We will know what was the deadline given earlier to submit the report to the committee.

A 7-member committee headed by retired Justice Mukta Gupta

The IIT constituted a 7-member committee on August 27 to probe the student’s suicide case. The committee is headed by Justice Mukta Gupta, a retired judge of the Delhi High Court. So Prof. Pratap Sharan, Head of Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS New Delhi is also included in the committee. Along with this, the committee also includes four student representatives and the Registrar of IIT Delhi, who will act as the secretary and convener of the committee. Earlier IIT Delhi formed a committee headed by former DGP Ashok Kumar, but he withdrew his name.

The committee will report in two weeks, the deadline was given

The committee, headed by retired Delhi High Court judge Justice Mukta Gupta, was given two weeks to submit the report, but on September 14, IIT Delhi gave the committee an extension, under which the IIT registrar gave the committee an additional two weeks through an email and gave them up to September 30, 2026, to submit the report. According to the information, this extension was given on the request of the committee.

Got extension again, now report has to be submitted on October 10

The committee has once again received an extension after the September 30 deadline passed. In fact, under the earlier extension, the committee was supposed to submit its findings by September 30, but due to the delay in recording the statement, the report could not be submitted by the deadline. According to information, the committee had to re-record the statements of some students, which has led to delays. However, the process of recording the statement has been completed. Now the committee is finalizing the report. The committee has been given October 10 to submit its report.