India, Feb. 17 -- The death of a Nepali student at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha triggered a controversy on Monday after the institution allegedly cracked down on students protesting against the incident and evicted them from the hostel, prompting the Nepal's Prime Minister to intervene.

Tensions rose on the campus in Bhubaneswar after a third-year BTech student from Nepal was found dead in her hostel room on Sunday evening. The 20-year-old computer science student allegedly died by suicide after being harassed by a male student, authorities said.

Local police detained the male student -- the son of Manoj Srivastav, a BJP leader in Lucknow -- and lodged a case against him for allegedly abetting the suic...