Another Nepali Student Dies By Suicide At KIIT Odisha, Second Incident In Nearly 3 Months

The incident comes just two and a half months after another Nepalese student of the same institute, Prakriti Lamsal, died by suicide on February 16, 2025.

A Nepali student was found dead in her hostel room at the KIIT University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Source : PTI

Another Nepalese student was found dead at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Thursday evening. The incident comes just two and a half months after a Nepalese student of the same institute, Prakriti Lamsal, died by suicide on February 16, 2025.

The deceased has been identified as an 18-year-old Prisa Sah, a native of Nepal. She was a B Tech computer science student. The body of the girl was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her hostel room inside the campus. 

The matter came to the fore whe the hostel authorities were taking attendance of inmates around 7:00 PM and there was no response from Sah's room. The university was then informed about this. A team of police personnel found the student hanging from the ceiling fan of her hostel room when they arrived.

“Yes, the body of a girl from Nepal has been recovered. It seems that she has died by suicide at the ladies' hostel of KIIT,” Police Commissioner S. Dev Datta Singh told news agency PTI. He further stated that Nepal Embassy in New Delhi has already been apprised of the student's death.

Following the incident, Nepal Foreign Minister Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba said in a post on X: "The incident of Prisa Sah, a Nepali student studying at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Odisha, India, being found dead in her hostel room has left us deeply saddened. I pray for the eternal peace of Prisa's soul and express my deepest condolences to her family at this sad hour."  

"Immediately after the incident, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiated diplomatic initiatives to investigate the truth of the incident through high-ranking officials of the Government of India, the Government of Odisha, and the Nepali Embassy in Delhi," she added.

The police commissioner said the deceased’s parents will reach Bhubaneswar on Friday, following which th post-mortem examination of the body will be conducted. The body has been sent to AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

Singh said that an unnatural death (UD) case has been registered at the Infocity Police Station. "We have not received any complaint. The police are probing the matter by engaging a scientific team. The investigation will reveal the truth," he said, adding that other girls in the KIIT hostel are being questioned by the police, PTI reported.

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