Nepal PM Oli sends officials to Odisha campus as students protest woman’s death

There was tension on the campus on Sunday after a third-year BTech student from Nepal was found dead in her hostel room. The 20-year-old allegedly died by suicide after being harassed by a male student, authorities said.

Dozens of Nepali students gathered on the campus on Sunday night for a protest, and they said they were subsequently evicted from KIIT.

Local police detained a male student and lodged a case against him for allegedly abetting the suicide, Bhubaneswar deputy commissioner of police Pinak Mishra told reporters. He said police had seized the mobile phone, laptop and other gadgets of the deceased student and are conducting a scientific investigation.