BHUBANESWAR: Three officials and two security guards of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) were arrested on Tuesday on charges of assaulting Nepalese students during their protest on the campus over a 20-year-old girl from Nepal being allegedly driven to suicide by a BTech batchmate, reports Debabrata Mohapatra. The arrests coincided with Odisha govt instituting a three-member inquiry committee as the row triggered by the third-year student's death on Sunday resonated in the assembly. Among the panel members is the home department's additional chief secretary Satyabrata Sahu.
BJD raises issue in assembly, ties it to ‘Odisha lawlessness’ Among the panel members is home department’s additional chief secretary Satyabrata Sahu. Women and child development secretary Shubha Sarma and higher education secretary Aravind Agrawal are the other two members of the inquiry committee. “Reports of misconduct, including the use of force against students by private individuals, are being investigated, and those responsible shall be held accountable per the law,” the state govt said.
KIIT suspended three other officials and dismissed the two arrested security guards while issuing an apology for their alleged misconduct. “We are extremely appalled by the untoward incident that took place on our campus on the evening of Feb 16. We are also regretful of the way some of us behaved with the agitating students.
We love our students and have never done any disservice to the.