On Monday, Nepal’s embassy in New Delhi sent two officers to provide advice to students who were reportedly forced to leave after a Nepalese classmate died at KIIT University in Odisha, an incident that sparked protests at the university.
According to Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the concerned Nepalese students will have the choice to stay in their hostel or return to Nepal, depending on their preference. “After a third-year B.Tech student was discovered dead in the hostel at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Bhubaneswar on Sunday, the university campus sent out a notice on Monday requesting that Nepalese students leave the campus immediately, stating that the institution was closed sine die for all international students from Nepal.”
“The university registrar, Prof. Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty, stated that the management had conversations with the students who were protesting, and they agreed to leave the campus. University authorities held a discussion with them, and it was sorted out, and the situation on campus was normal,” he said.
Additionally, KP Sharma Oli stated that he learnt about the incident from media reports and gave his government’s assurance that it is in communication with the appropriate Indian authorities.