According to the officer, the classmate in his statement said: “He [Solanki] got scared of me after seeing a cutter in my bag and became apprehensive that I am going to kill him. In fact, he told some of my classmates that I was going to harm him, and I’ll also go to Ahmedabad [Solanki’s home town] if I have to kill him.” Several other students also said that Solanki was afraid of the classmate. “One day, when Solanki’s classmate [named in the suicide note] went for namaz, he was talking about how he is scared of him. Later, Solanki was seen apologising to the classmate, but students don’t know why,” a senior officer told mid-day.

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A witness to suicide

The SIT also recorded the statement of a student, now a prime witness in the case, who saw Solanki jump off the seventh floor. According to sources, the student was talking on the phone on the balcony of the eighth floor when he saw Solanki trying to jump on February 12. The student screamed his name twice, but he jumped before he could do anything, they said. Cops said they are waiting for the forensic report of Solanki’s mobile phone to check if there were any discriminatory messages, especially by the student named in the note.