It further stated that Indian authorities are in close coordination with their Nepali counterparts, the Odisha state government, and the KIIT University management to ensure “real-time communication and coordination in this matter.”
The incident has drawn significant attention from both Indian and Nepali authorities. On February 16, another Nepali student pursuing a BTech degree at the same university was found dead in her hostel room. The incident had sparked protests among Nepali students and led to formal discussions between the governments of Nepal and India.
In a statement on social media, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Deuba said she was “deeply saddened” by the student’s death and that Nepal’s Foreign Ministry had “initiated diplomatic initiatives to investigate the truth of the incident with high-ranking officials of the Government of India, the Government of Odisha, and Nepal’s embassy in Delhi.”
