KIIT founder Achyuta Samanta and top officials testified before a government committee investigating a Nepalese student's alleged suicide and related violence. The incident sparked political uproar, with demands for a judicial inquiry.

Angry scenes were witnessed in Nepal’s Parliament on Tuesday when lawmakers raised concerns over the death of Nepali national Prakriti Lamsal, a third-year computer science student in KIIT, Odisha, demanding diplomatic efforts for proper security.

After the tragic death of a Nepali student, those from Nepal have returned to KIIT. The institution has set up a control room for communication with parents. Meanwhile, an inquiry continues, requiring the institute's founder to provide evidence.

Responding to a query on KIIT student death row, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Friday said that India accords high priority to the safety, security, and well-being of all international students in the country.

The summon to Samanta assumes significance amid demand for action against him by leaders of the BJP, the ruling party in Odisha.

Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi assured that peace and normalcy would be restored on the campus, and urged Nepali students to return to campus and resume their studies

The Nepalese government warned yesterday, Tuesday, January 18, that if the situation surrounding the death of a student at a Bhubaneswar university is not resolved properly and legally, it may discontinue granting no-objection certificates to students seeking to study in educational establishments in India's Odisha.

Describing the deceased engineering student as a "daughter of Odisha," the state government on Wednesday assured Nepal that justice would be done to the victim and other students allegedly tortured by

Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba in a telephonic conversation with Odisha's Higher Education Minister Surjya Narayan Patro, urged him to act against those involved in the death of Nepali student Prakriti Lamsal.