A 19-year-old student from Vasai committed suicide after he was allegedly harassed by his classmates. The deceased Jeet Ashar's father, Darshan Aashar, alleged his son was being mentally harassed for the past few months and avoided going to college. He said his son had slipped into depression.

Jeet was part of a WhatsApp group named 'Namune'. However, in August, his friends had removed him from the group and despite him pleading, they refused to add him back. Darshan said, "After reading the group chat, it appeared they were provoking him to commit suicide and also told him about various ways to do it."