Bhubaneswar, May 2 -- Nepal's Minister for Foreign Affairs Arzu Rana Deuba expressed deep concern over the death of a Nepali girl student who was found dead in her hostel at KIIT University on Thursday night.

Taking to her X handle, Deuba wrote, "The death of a Nepali girl student has deeply saddened us."

She said diplomatic steps have been initiated to ensure a proper investigation into the incident and that discussions were ongoing with both the Indian and Odisha governments.

The deceased, Prisha Shah, a first-year B.Tech Computer Science student from Nepal, was found dead in her hostel room on Thursday night.

She lived in the same hostel where another Nepali student, Prakriti Lamsal, a third-year B.Tech Computer Science student, died...