KIIT suspends five staff in connection with Nepali student's death

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Feb 18: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, suspended five staff in connection with the death of A third-year BTech student from Nepal.

Issuing a follow-up notice on Tuesday, KIIT said that KIIT authorities and the entire staff deeply regret the incident that occurred on 16th February.

"Two security staff were terminated immediately. Two Senior hostel officials and one senior administrative officer of International Relations Officer (IRO), were suspended pending thorough enquiry." Notice read.

It also mentioned, "The staff have been actively persuading students to return to the campus as soon as possible."

The deceased was identified as Prakriti Lamsal from Nepal. She was a B-Tech third-year student of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar.