India, Feb. 19 -- Nepalese students at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) are reluctant to return to campus after a mass expulsion and alleged mistreatment in the wake of 20-year-old Prakriti Lamsal's death. The student was found hanging in her hostel room on Sunday, triggering protests over claims that her pleas for help against alleged blackmail were ignored.

Following the unrest, around 1,000 Nepalese students were abruptly suspended and forced to leave the campus on Monday. Many were reportedly abandoned at Cuttack railway station without basic necessities. However, after intervention from the Central and Odisha state governments, KIIT authorities apologized and urged them to return.

Despite the outreach, many student...