Bhubaneswar, March 6 -- National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member Priyank Kanoongo, announced that a senior team of NHRC officials will visit Bhubaneswar on Thursday to investigate the death of the Nepalese student and the alleged brutality against students protesting at KIIT University.

Kanoongo in his tweet on X informed, "A team of very senior officials of @India_NHRC will reach Bhubaneswar today to investigate the incident of death of a Nepali student and alleged brutality against agitating students in a private university."

On March 4, NHRC initiated a probe into the death of a Nepalese student at KIIT University in Odisha following allegations of assault on protesting students.

Kanoongo said that a team has been formed to in...