February 21st 2025.
On Friday, the senior officials of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha, along with its founder Achyuta Samanta, appeared before the state government's high-level committee. This committee is currently investigating the alleged suicide of a Nepalese engineering student and the subsequent attack on students from Nepal.
Former BJD MP, Achyuta Samanta, arrived at the state guest house before his scheduled hearing at 6:30 PM. The day before, he had already apologized to the parents of the Nepalese students involved in the incident. However, this did not stop the Congress MLAs in the Assembly from demanding his arrest and blaming him for the entire fiasco at KIIT.
The inquiry committee, which is led by additional chief secretary Satyabrata Sahu, has been assigned the task of examining the circumstances that led to the student's tragic suicide on February 16th. They are also looking into the alleged mistreatment by the institute's administration and the decision to suspend specific students and shut down the institute for them. The committee includes the secretaries of the higher education and women & child development departments, who had previously visited the KIIT campus and spoken to the Nepalese students who claimed to have been mistreated by the staff while protesting.
In the midst of all this, two suspended senior KIIT officials, Jayanti Nath and Manjusha Pande, also appeared before the committee at 4 PM. They were accused of making derogatory remarks about Nepal and claiming that KIIT provided free food to Nepalese students. They also allegedly made false statements about the institute's budget exceeding that of Nepal. These statements, which were captured on video and went viral, led to their summons by the committee.
The situation at KIIT has caused a lot of concern and outrage, not just among the Nepalese students but also among the general public. The high-level committee is working diligently to uncover the truth and ensure justice for the victim and all those involved. It is a difficult and delicate matter, but hopefully, with the cooperation of all parties, the truth will prevail and necessary actions will be taken to prevent such incidents from happening again.
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