Nepal Student Found Dead In Odisha's KIIT Hostel, Over 500 Students 'Forcibly Evicted' PM KP Sharma Oli Reacts

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli, on Monday, February 17, acknowledged the death of a Nepali student at the hostel of Kalinga Institute of Industrial technology (KIIT) University in Odisha and others who have been forcefully evicted, reported the news agency ANI.

PM KP Sharma Oli also said that the government is working on this matter through diplomatic channels, as per the report.

PM KP Sharma Oli says 'Working on this'

“The government is working on this matter through diplomatic channels and is in contact with the relevant authorities,” said the Prime Minister cited by the news agency.

A third-year B.Tech student of a private engineering institute here died allegedly by suicide in her hostel leading to tension in the campus, police said on Monday.

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The deceased student, who hails from Nepa , was identified as Prakriti Lamsal. A complaint was filed by Lamsal's cousin in Bhubhaneshwar alleging that his sister hanged herself in a hostel room as a male student was blackmailing her, reported PTI.

The college issued a statement saying,“A Nepali student studying in the third year of B-Tech committed suicide in the hostel yesterday. It is suspected that the student was in a love affair with another student studying at KIIT. It is suspected that the student may have committed suicide due to some reason.”

Bhubaneswar DCP Pinak Mishra told PTI,“We have registered a case at Infocity Police Station based on the allegation that a male student abated her suicide. The accused student is in police custody and subjected to interrogation. The police have seized the mobile phone, laptop and other gadgets of the deceased woman. We are undertaking a scientific investigation into the matter.”

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