An IIT Bombay student dies after being reportedly caught using ChatGPT during an examination, according to multiple reports. Campus protests erupt after the incident, with students alleging unfair treatment and demanding accountability.
Both outlets describe the event unfolding after an alleged academic violation during the exam. Mint reports that the student is counselled and assured that the infraction will not adversely affect his academic career before he goes to his room and is later found dead the same evening. India Today similarly links the death to the moment the student is caught using ChatGPT during the exam, though it provides fewer details about any follow-up steps.
The accounts differ mainly in emphasis: Mint focuses on the counselling and assurances and the subsequent campus protest, while India Today foregrounds the link between the exam incident and the death. Neither source attributes a definitive cause of death, but both present the death as prompting unrest on campus and renewed scrutiny of examination and disciplinary processes.
