Kathmandu, March 4 -- Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak have pledged justice to Prakriti Lamsal, who was found dead at KIIT University in Odisha, India, last month.

Both the ministers made the promise when they met Lamsal's parents and relatives in Bhairahawa on Monday and pledged justice for her, according to a statement issued by Deuba's private secretariat.

Lamsal was found dead in her hostel room on February 16 allegedly due to harassment and blackmailing by a classmate. The matter was taken up by the KIIT students and protests erupted in Nepal and India. Following the incident, the governments of Nepal and India took up the matter with the state government of Odisha as well as the KIIT administration....