Darshan death case: ‘How did cops suddenly find the suicide note’

Police have framed my brother just to solve the caserdquo said the sister of Armaan Iqbal Khatri the IITB student arrested on the abetment to suicide charge in connection with Darshan Solankirsquos death on February 12 The Powai police who initially probed his death found nothing ldquoBut three weeks later the crime branch suddenly found the note Howrdquo asked Armaanrsquos familyThe Khatri family also cited the report of an internal probe panel of the Indian Institute of Technology IIT Bombay which had dismissed castebased discrimination against Darshan 18 The deceased family has been since day 1 alleging that Darshan was being harassed by fellow students for belonging to the SCST casteldquoPolice have framed my brother Armaans sister told middayDarshan Solanki had told his family about being harassed by students on campus over his caste but not about Armaan his father saidThe crime branch of Mumbai police claimed to have found the suicide note which stated Armaan has killed me Police took the help of handwriting experts who concluded that Darshan wrote itThe deceasedrsquos father has also expressed suspicion over the suicide note and doubt about the involvement of Armaan in his sonrsquos deathAlso read IIT Bombay students death Handwriting bureau confirms Darshan Solanki wrote oneline notelsquoHe is innocentrsquoSpeaking with midday the family of the 18yearold accused dismissed the allegations as false and baselessldquoThe entire family is in trauma right now There is a witness a student who saw Darshan jump off the seventh floor of the college building There was no foul play in his death and yet the police arrested my brother He has never harassed anyone He would never do such a thing because he is a studious student There hasnt been even one complaint against my brother from the collegerdquo she saidldquoBoth the Powai police and the institute investigated this case and didnt find anything But suddenly a suicide note appears How is this possible My brother had never interacted with Darshan My brother is innocent and we want him released from jail Police should interrogate his roommates insteadrdquo the family saidAdvocate Dinesh Gupta who is representing Armaan also claimed that police have framed him Citing the investigation report of the police Gupta said cops found the note on March 3 but did not show it to anyonelsquoWill seek bailrsquoDarshans family was shown the suicide note on March 16ldquoMy client is a brilliant student He never threatened anyone Instead in the police investigation report it was written that Darshan passed comments on Armaanrsquos religion and the Muslim community Armaan never passed any comment on him but police have now added SCST Atrocities Act which is not applicablerdquo Gupta saidOn the witness statements that Armaan once threatened Darshan while brandishing a cutting tool Gupta said ldquoIf any student is afraid he would tell his teachers or parents but this wasnrsquot the case with Darshan Nobody dies by suicide after someone brandishes a cutter once There should be continued threats which was not the caserdquoldquoAlso witnesses have suddenly appeared The police have fabricated evidence We are applying for bail and once he is out we will seek to quash the FIRrdquo he added Gupta said they suspect Darshan took his life because he had failed some internal exams lsquoNot sure about ArmaanrsquoRamesh Solanki Darshans father told midday ldquoMy son was always tortured for his caste and he had told the family about this However he never told us anything about Armaan We have refused to accept the suicide note because of many words used it My son couldnrsquot have written those words We believe he was killed We are not sure of Armaanrsquos involvement and demand a fair investigationrdquoAccording to sources in the special investigation team in charge of the case Armaan is not cooperating ldquoWhile he has acknowledged that there were some issues between them he has not provided specificsrdquo one of them said12 FebDay Darshan Solanki was found dead