Bhubaneswar:
Odisha CM assures Nepal officers justice in KIIT suicide case
Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday held talks with two officers of the Nepal Embassy, following the demise of a Nepali lady pupil on the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Know-how (KIIT) in Bhubaneswar, and warranted that justice will likely be executed within the case.
He additionally assured that peace and normalcy could be restored on the campus and urged Nepali college students to return to campus and resume their research, the chief minister’s workplace (CMO) mentioned in a put up on X.
The CMO additionally mentioned {that a} dialogue was held on the State Visitor Home with officers from Nepal, attended by state parliamentary affairs minister Mukesh Mahaling, larger schooling minister Suryabanshi Suraj, and chief secretary Manoj Ahuja.
“Additionally, the Foreign Minister of Nepal Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba spoke with Shri Suryabanshi Suraj over the phone regarding the matter,” the CMO mentioned.
Earlier, Nepal Prime Minister Ok P Sharma Oli, in an X put up on Monday, had mentioned, “Our Embassy in New Delhi has dispatched two officers to counsel Nepali students affected in Odisha. Additionally, arrangements have been made to ensure they have the option to either remain in the hostel or return home, based on their preference.”
Tensions rose on the campus in Bhubaneswar after a third-year BTech pupil from Nepal was discovered useless in her hostel room on Sunday night. The 20-year-old pc science pupil allegedly died by suicide after being harassed by a 21-year-old male pupil, authorities mentioned.
The state authorities on Wednesday informed Nepali officers {that a} assist desk has been arrange at KIIT to help Nepali college students who’ve returned to the campus or these returning to the campus.
“We have also deployed a senior official at KIIT. Steps are also being taken to ensure that there is a conducive atmosphere in the KIIT campus so that the students can concentrate on studies for their examination on February 28,” mentioned Suraj, including that KIIT will bear the journey bills of scholars who had reached Nepal and conduct re-examination for individuals who missed the checks.
In the meantime, the three-member SIT headed by extra chief secretary of house Satyabrata Sahu visited KIIT campus to analyze the chain of occasions that led to the suicide of the lady pupil in addition to the following violence.
“As per the state government’s direction, we have visited the (KIIT) campus, including the hostel and other areas. We will continue our assessment and submit an appropriate report to the government. We have also met the Nepal delegation and held discussions. The state government is fully committed to taking action as per the law,” mentioned Sahu.
In the meantime, Bhubaneswar police commissioner S Dev Dutt Singh mentioned the police has introduced the accused, a 21-year-old mechanical engineering pupil of KIIT on three day remand for additional interrogation. Police officers mentioned they’ve filed an utility to get the accused on remand.
“The accused had shot some objectionable video and photographs of the victim on his mobile phone and used it to blackmail her. As the matter reached the international relation cell of KIIT a couple of times, the accused was warned and then suspended for a month. On the day she killed herself, the two had a bitter fight in the morning and a few hours later she hanged herself from the ceiling fan. Once we interrogate the accused, the chain of events leading to the suicide would be clear,” mentioned a police official.
Within the meantime, the digital gadgets belonging to the deceased pupil, together with a cell phone and laptop computer, have been dispatched to a forensic lab for a complete information evaluation. The investigating workforce has summoned establishment’s worldwide relations officer, the hostel warden, and others who’re linked to the case.