Bhubaneswar, Feb. 18 -- The Twin City Commissionerate Police have arrested Advik Srivastava (21), a third-year B.Tech (Mechanical) student at KIIT University, in connection with the alleged suicide of Nepali student Prakriti Lamsal (20).

A third-year Computer Science student of the university, Prakriti allegedly died by suicide in the hostel of the educational institution on February 16 evening.

On the basis of a complaint lodged by Siddhant Sigdel (24), the cousin of Prakriti and a third-year B.Tech (Mechanical) student at KIIT, police apprehended Advik for allegedly harassing the girl, which led to her suicide.

Advik was arrested under Section 108 of the BNS (abetment of suicide).

On the other hand, the police arrested two security ...