KIIT University staff moved Prakriti Lamsal's body without police presence and tried to hush up matter, allege students

In the wake of a KIIT University student from Nepal allegedly taking her own life on Sunday, startling claims alleging gross negligence by the university have surfaced. Amid previously reported alleged use of excessive force by campus security, claims that the deceased student’s body was moved without the presence of police have now raised serious questions.

A video clip, obtained by OTV, purportedly shows authorities of the KIIT University hostel trying to break open a room by slamming it with desks, sticks, and rods. As per claims by the students, this is allegedly the same room in which the B.Tech third-year student, Prakriti Lamsal, was found dead.

Disturbing moments from the footage further show a senior hostel staff member breaking open the ventilation glass atop the room and rushing in. Soon after, the staff opens the door following which others, including hostel inmates, rush in to find Lamsal dead, allegedly after hanging herself from the ceiling.

Social media posts circulating with the video followed claims by students stating that after discovering the lifeless body of Lamsal, the hostel authorities moved it to another location without informing the police. Additionally, it is also alleged that the university personnel tried to move the body swiftly and discouraged other students in the hostel from divulging news about the incident.

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To back up these claims, a relative of the deceased, in his interaction with the media on Tuesday, claimed that peers of Prakriti Lamsal and not KIIT University authorities were the ones who informed police of the matter and subsequently called for the arrest of Advik Srivastava, accused of harassing and blackmailing the deceased.

Burning Questions That Need to be Answered:

Questions based on these allegations, including why KIIT University allegedly did not inform the police when exactly it informed the authorities, and whether it tried to suppress the truth, as alleged by many students, are yet to be answered.

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KIIT University's Response

While KIIT University is yet to respond to these fresh allegations, it has already issued a public apology for its security staff’s use of force on the protesting students as well as for ‘derogatory’ remarks on Nepal’s budget made by a few faculty.