KIIT suicide: Protests erupt on campus, over 500 Nepali students asked to leave

Protests erupted at KIIT in Bhubaneswar after a 20-year-old engineering student from Nepal was found dead in her hostel room on Sunday evening. (PTI Photo)

The student was pursuing a B.Tech in computer science at the university. (PTI Photo)

Police suggest the cause of death appears to be suicide based on initial investigation. (PTI Photo)

A batchmate from the same university has been detained in connection with the incident. (PTI Photo)

The detained student is being questioned, and an FIR has been filed under sections of abetment to suicide. (PTI Photo)

A police team visited the hostel and sent the body for a post-mortem at Capital Hospital. (PTI Photo)

A police team visited the hostel and sent the body for a post-mortem at Capital Hospital. (PTI Photo)

The body will be handed over to the family after the post-mortem. (PTI Photo)

Angry students from Nepal blocked a road near the KIIT campus, alleging that university authorities took no action when the student flagged harassment by her batchmate. (PTI Photo)

The student had reportedly contacted the International Relations Office at the university regarding the harassment. (PTI Photo)

KIIT registrar Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty claimed the suicide was due to a strained relationship. (PTI Photo)

KIIT released a statement suggesting that the deceased might have taken the step due to a personal dispute with the detained male student. A picture of vandalised site at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) amid protests (PTI Photo)

Over 500 students from Nepal were asked to board buses and were dropped at various railway stations, from where they were asked to head home (PTI Photo)