Bhubaneswar: Following nation-wide outrage and intervention of Nepal Prime Minister, KIIT has sought apology for the incident that happened in the institute in the aftermath of death of a Nepali girl student inside the campus last Sunday.
Vice-Chancellor of KIIT University, Prof. Saranjit Singh, has issued the apology today.
“We are extremely appalled by the untoward incident that took place in our campus on the evening of 16th February 2025. We are also regretful of the way some of us behaved with the agitating students,” Prof.Singh said.
Stating the institute loves its students and had never done any disservice to them, he said, the comments made by two KIIT officers are extremely irresponsible.
“Although the comments are made on their personal capacity on the spur of the moment, we do not support their action. We have removed them from service. They too have apologized for their behavior,” he informed.
The VC said, “We too apologize for all that has happened and hereby tender our love and affection to all the students and people of Nepal. We love them as much as we love the people of India and the people of the world.”
The KIIT authority once again appealed to the Nepali students to join the regular academics with immediate effect.
Meanwhile, the father of the Nepali student alleged that the private engineering institute “mistreated” undergraduates from the neighbouring country.
His comment comes after the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) was accused of evicting a group of Nepali students from their hostel, amid tension on the campus following the death of Prakriti Lamsal, a third-year B Tech student of the institute.
Sunil Lamsal, the father of the deceased student, reached here this morning as the post-mortem examination of his daughter’s body will be conducted at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar during the day.
“I have lost my daughter. Many other children are studying here. It is known from the media that some students were driven out of their hostel. This is not right. This incident should not be repeated. These people go to Nepal and invite students to study here. The institute mistreated them,” Shri Lamsal alleged.
He, however, reposed faith in the Odisha Government and the police to get justice over the death of her daughter.
“I have sent my daughter here for higher studies. We hope that the government will ensure justice. We have faith in the government and the police administration here. We hope to get justice,” Shri Lamsal said.
Two officers from the Nepal embassy in Delhi are likely to visit KIIT today to take stock of the situation and hold discussion with the Nepali students and institute authority.
The incident gained attention after the deceased’s cousin filed a complaint at Infocity Police Station in Bhubaneswar, alleging that his sister hanged herself in her hostel room on Sunday.
He claimed that a boy student at the institute had been blackmailing his sister, which, he believed, led to her suicide.