New Delhi/Kathmandu8 minutes ago
- Copy link
Demonstrations have started in Nepal to protest the student’s suicide.
In Odisha’s ‘Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology’ (KIIT), the case of suicide of Nepali student has sent 2 officers of Nepal Embassy to Odisha by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. After the death of the student, angry students demonstrated on the campus, causing tension to spread.
Due to this, the college management forcibly expelled the students of Nepal from the campus. They were released at Cuttack and Bhubaneswar railway stations. Many students claimed that they were seated in a Puri-Patna train without reservation.
Nepal PM wrote on social media, the government is in touch with the officials concerned through the diplomatic channel. We have sent two officers from the New Delhi Embassy to help Nepali students. We are sure that our students have the option to stay in the hostel or return home depending on the choice.
The family said- fellow student was blackmailing
The cousin of the deceased student has lodged a complaint at the Infosity Police Station in Bhubaneswar. He has alleged that a student of the university was blackmailing his sister. Due to this, he committed suicide in the hostel on Sunday.
DCP Pinak Mishra of Bhubaneswar said, “The accused student is in custody. He is being questioned. He was caught at the airport while trying to escape on Sunday.”
Students accused- Guards are not allowing them to get out of hostels
The police have sealed the deceased’s room. The body has been kept in the mortuary until the parents arrive. Meanwhile, students from various states studying in the institute alleged that private security guards were not allowing them to leave the hostel.
Many videos of scuffle between students and guards and threatening students protesting by institute officials are also going viral. Meanwhile, a large number of police have been deployed in the campus.
College management asked students to return
After the post of Nepal PM, the college management appealed to Nepali students to return. Registrar JR Mohanty said that there is an appeal to all our Nepali students to return and resume classes.
The Indian embassy also expressed grief over the death of the student and said that we are in touch with the victim’s family. On the other hand, demonstrations have started in Nepal.