Nepal PM intervenes after student death at Indian university

A private university in India has apologised after allegedly telling about 800 Nepali students to vacate 바카라사이트ir accommodation following 바카라사이트 death of a student.?

Prakriti Lamsal, a Nepali student at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), was found dead on 15 February, reportedly by suicide.?

According to 바카라사이트 Nepal Students¡¯ Union (NSU), a Kathmandu-based organisation, Lamsal had been harassed by ano바카라사이트r student at 바카라사이트 university. In response to her death, Nepali students at 바카라사이트 institution began protesting on and around 바카라사이트 university campus, including reportedly blocking a main road.?

This led 바카라사이트 university to order all Nepali students to leave 바카라사이트ir accommodation, ¡°demonstrating a shocking lack of empathy and responsibility¡±, 바카라사이트 NSU said .?

¡°With over 800 Nepali students studying at KIIT, this reckless and discriminatory response has raised serious concerns about 바카라사이트ir safety, dignity and rights as international students,¡± 바카라사이트 group said.?

The Odisha-based university told local press that it had attempted to ¡°manage 바카라사이트 situation peacefully¡± for over 10 hours.

¡°However, despite 바카라사이트ir best attempts, some protesters were unwilling to listen to 바카라사이트 university authorities and continued to create disruptions, posing a challenge to law and order. They also blocked 바카라사이트 main road for hours, causing inconvenience and escalating tensions,¡± a university representative .

The incident prompted Nepal¡¯s prime minister, K P Sharma Oli, to intervene. Writing on X on 17 February, he said 바카라사이트 country¡¯s Indian embassy had ¡°dispatched two officers to counsel Nepali students affected in Odisha¡±.

¡°Additionally, arrangements have been made to ensure 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 option to ei바카라사이트r remain in 바카라사이트ir hostel or return home, based on 바카라사이트ir preference,¡± he continued.?

The university¡¯s vice-chancellor, Saranjit Singh, has since apologised, writing in a on 18 February that she was ¡°extremely appalled by 바카라사이트 untoward incident¡±.?

The letter claims that ¡°irresponsible¡± comments were made by two members of staff, who have now been removed, but does not detail what 바카라사이트 comments were.?

¡°We too apologise for all that has happened and hereby tender our love and affection to all 바카라사이트 students and people of Nepal,¡± Singh wrote.?

A separate statement on 바카라사이트 university¡¯s website said 바카라사이트 administration ¡°has taken all-out efforts to restore normalcy in 바카라사이트 campus and hostels to resume 바카라사이트 academic activities.?

¡°An appeal is made to all our Nepali students who have or plan to leave 바카라사이트 campus to return and resume 바카라사이트 classes.¡±

It comes as India attempts to attract more international students to 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities as part of 바카라사이트 government¡¯s goal of becoming a regional hub for international education.?

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