Guwahati, Feb. 19 -- The Odisha government has formed a high-level fact-finding committee to investigate the alleged suicide of a 20-year-old Nepali student at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Bhubaneswar.

The committee is headed by Satyabrata Sahu, additional chief secretary in the home department. It includes Shubha Sarma, principal secretary in the women and child development department, and Aravind Agrawal, secretary in the higher education department.

Prakriti Lamsal, a third-year B.Tech student, who hails from Kathmandu in Nepal, was found dead in her hostel room following alleged harassment by a male friend. Police in Bhubaneswar have arrested a third-year student in connection with her death.

The ...