Nepalese Students Return to KIIT as Investigations into Suicide and Alleged Harassment Continue
The NHRC, Odisha government, and law enforcement are conducting parallel probes into the death of Prakriti Lamsal and subsequent treatment of Nepalese students at the university.
- 1,000 of the 1,100 Nepalese students who left KIIT University have returned, with assurances of safety from authorities.
- The death of Prakriti Lamsal, a 20-year-old Nepalese student, has prompted investigations by the NHRC, Odisha Police, and a state government committee.
- Students allege they faced harassment, eviction, and abuse by university staff after protesting Lamsal's death, leading to arrests of 10 KIIT officials and one student for abetment to suicide.
- The Odisha government has formed a professors' panel to monitor the academic environment at KIIT and established a helpdesk to assist international students.
- The NHRC team is collecting evidence and will submit its findings by March 10, with coordination from the Nepalese government and the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
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