The Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC) has ordered an on-spot inquiry into the loss of life of a Nepalese woman scholar at KIIT College in Odisha and requested its officers to submit a report by March 10.
A 20-year-old Nepalese woman scholar died by suicide in her hostel room in KIIT College on February 16 afternoon. (PTI File Picture)
The NHRC issued the order whereas performing on a grievance that the 20-year-old scholar died by suicide in her hostel room in KIIT College on February 16 afternoon. The fee stated that the investigation must be held by the provisions of the Safety of Human Rights Act, 1993.
“Considering the seriousness of the matter, the commission directs the Registrar (Law) to proceed for an inquiry in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar to conduct an on-spot inquiry along with a team consisting of two officers from the investigation division, one not below the rank of SSP and one officer/official from Law Division, and submit its inquiry report to the Commission by 10th March, 2025,” the NHRC order stated.
The complainant, Ashutosh B, in his petition, alleged that the Nepalese scholar at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Expertise (KIIT) College, confronted harassment by her “ex-boyfriend” and that the college’s Worldwide Relations Workplace (IRO) had uncared for her complaints that led to her suicide.
He additionally alleged that protests by Nepalese college students, who sought justice within the incident, have been met with verbal abuse, threats, and bodily assault by KIIT officers and safety guards.
The petitioner additionally urged the fee to take motion in opposition to KIIT officers, together with founder Achyuta Samanta, for his or her “failure to address harassment complaints and their involvement in the exploitation of tribal students”.
The police have to date arrested the primary accused, a batchmate of the deceased on the cost of abetment, and he has been in judicial custody since February 17. To this point 10 staff of KIIT have been apprehended on the cost of bodily assault, verbal abuse and eviction of Nepalese college students from the hostel for staging protests.
The state authorities has arrange a high-level committee to probe into the KIIT incident. Although the Odisha authorities and KIIT authorities have urged the Nepalese college students to return to campus, greater than half of the scholars are but to return citing security considerations.
In the meantime, members of the Congress Minority Cell on Tuesday staged a protest in entrance of the KIIT College in Bhubaneswar demanding justice for the deceased Nepali woman. That they had a scuffle with the police when a few of them tried to enter the College premises. Visitors within the space was halted for an hour and a whole bunch of automobiles have been stranded on each side of the street as a result of protest.