Prime Minister Ok P Sharma Oli on Monday stated Nepal’s embassy in New Delhi has despatched two officers to counsel Nepalese college students at a personal college in Odisha the place a girl from that nation reportedly dedicated suicide.
Prakriti Lamsal, a third-year B Tech scholar of Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Know-how (KIIT), died allegedly by suicide at her hostel on Sunday, police stated. The incident triggered pressure on the campus because the Nepalese college students started protesting.
“Our embassy in New Delhi has dispatched two officers to counsel Nepali college students affected in Odisha. Moreover, preparations have been made to make sure they’ve the choice to both stay of their hostel or return house, primarily based on their choice,” Oli posted on X.
International Minister Arzu Rana Deuba stated diplomatic initiatives had been being taken concerning the incident.
Earlier, some college students stated they had been requested to depart the hostel.
“We had been informed to vacate hostel rooms and dropped on the railway station. We now have to seem for an examination on February 28,” a scholar informed reporters on the Cuttack railway station.
“Preserving in view the scenario, the Nepal college students have been despatched to their respective houses. The scenario presently remained calm,” the KIIT stated.
Later, in a separate assertion, the Nepalese Embassy in Delhi stated the KIIT assured it could organize for the lodging of the Nepalese college students within the college hostel and canopy their tutorial losses.
The embassy stated it was in touch with the Indian authorities and the Odisha chief minister’s workplace and coordinating with authorities on the incident.
A gaggle of Nepalese college students staged an illustration in entrance of the Indian embassy in Kathmandu with placards demanding a probe into the incident.
The Indian embassy in an announcement stated it was deeply saddened by the tragic demise of the Nepali scholar and prolonged its heartfelt condolences to the household of the deceased throughout this tough time.
“The embassy has been in contact with the authorities of KIIT in addition to the Odisha state authorities. The embassy has been knowledgeable that the native authorities have initiated an investigation into the unlucky incident,” it stated.
“Nepali college students finding out in India kind an vital aspect of the enduring people-to-people hyperlinks between the 2 nations. The Indian authorities will proceed to take all mandatory steps to make sure the well-being of the Nepali college students in India,” the assertion added.
In the meantime, the All Nepal Nationwide Impartial College students Union -Revolutionary, the coed wing of the opposition CPN-Maoist Centre, has strongly condemned the KIIT incident and expressed deep considerations.
It demanded quick authorities motion to provoke authorized proceedings towards these accountable.
“We’re involved about stories that Nepalese college students at KIIT are dealing with extreme violence and intimidation. As a substitute of addressing the difficulty and making certain justice, the KIIT administration has ordered the Nepalese college students to vacate the hostel, displaying a scarcity of empathy and duty,” the coed organisation stated in an announcement.
The union urged the federal government to interact in high-level diplomatic efforts with Indian authorities to make sure a good investigation and strengthen the Nepalese embassy’s function in defending college students overseas.
Printed – February 18, 2025 02:03 am IST
