MEA on Nepal student death at KIIT: 'India accords high-priority to safety of all international students'

KIIT student death row: The Ministry of External Affairs in the weekly media presser on Friday said it was deeply saddened by the recent death of a Nepalese student at an institution in Odisha and added that the "Government of India accords high priority, safety, security, and well-being of all international students in the country." Addressing the presser, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the MEA has been in touch with the Odisha government and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) authorities after the matter surfaced, adding, "We have also maintained close contact with the Nepalese authority." Odisha Police has made several arrests, the MEA spokesperson said.

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