The members of the students wing of the Nepali Congress party staged a protest in Kathmandu on Tuesday demanding justice for the Nepali student who died by suicide after being allegedly harassed by a third-year Mechanical engineering student of KIIT University, Odisha.
#WATCH | Nepal: Members of the students wing of the Nepali Congress party stage a protest in Kathmandu, demanding justice for the Nepali student who died by suicide after being allegedly harassed by a third-year Mechanical engineering student of KIIT University, Odisha.
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— ANI (@ANI) February 18, 2025
The protesters were seen holding banners with slogans written, ‘We demand immediate action’, and ‘We want fair investigation’. According to the details, the accused has been arrested.
Speaking to the news agency PTI, the deceased student’s father said, “I was informed by the university… I received a call the day before yesterday. I wasn’t informed about the death at first but when I asked then they informed me. I demand justice.”
VIDEO | KIIT Nepali student suicide case: “I was informed by the university… I received a call the day before yesterday. I wasn’t informed about the death at first but when I asked then they informed me. I demand justice,” says the deceased student’s father.
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— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) February 18, 2025
As mild tension arose among Nepali students at KIIT in Odisha earlier, following the student Prakriti Lamsal’s death, the university authorities held discussions with the agitating foreign students to address their concerns and maintain peace on campus.
“Keeping in view the situation, the Nepal students have been sent to their respective homes. The situation presently remained calm,” the KIIT said. Many students from Nepal assembled on the KIIT campus on Sunday night and staged a demonstration demanding justice.
The students were told to vacate the hostel immediately, and busloads of students were dropped at the Cuttack Railway Station although they will appear for exams on February 28.
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli also took note of the death of the student and posted on social media platform to inform that the Nepali Embassy in New Delhi has dispatched two officers to counsel Nepali students affected in the state. He also said that arrangements have been made to ensure that the students have the option to either remain in their hostel or return home, based on their preference.
“Our Embassy in New Delhi has dispatched two officers to counsel Nepali students affected in Odisha. Additionally, arrangements have been made to ensure they have the option to either remain in their hostel or return home, based on their preference,” Oli said in a post on X.
Our Embassy in New Delhi has dispatched two officers to counsel Nepali students affected in Odisha.
Additionally, arrangements have been made to ensure they have the option to either remain in their hostel or return home, based on their preference. #Nepal #Odisha
— K P Sharma Oli (@kpsharmaoli) February 17, 2025
