Quick Highlights:
1. A 20-year-old Nepalese B.Tech student found dead in her hostel room at KIIT, Bhubaneswar.
2. This is the second suicide by a Nepalese student at the institute since February 2025.
3. The police suspect suicide; identity yet to be officially confirmed.
4. KIIT has not issued any public statement on the incident so far.
Bhubaneswar:
A 20-year-old Nepalese student at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her hostel room on Thursday. The student, a Computer Science B.Tech candidate, was discovered in Room 111 of the ladies’ hostel, police confirmed.
This incident marks the second suspected suicide of a Nepalese student at KIIT in less than three months, following the February 16, 2025 death of Prakriti Lamsal. Police Commissioner S. Dev Datta Singh stated that initial findings suggest suicide, although the student’s identity has not been formally released.
There has been no official response from KIIT authorities regarding the incident. The back-to-back deaths have raised concerns within the student community, especially among international students.
