The protest started when Aligarh Nagar Nigam officials marked university land as government property. A memorandum to the district magistrate called for an inquiry into the "unilateral takeover."
Saif told the media that on, the IIT-K research scholar forcibly entered her room at her official residence in Rawatpur, where her parents and newborn were present. The woman allegedly locked the door and introduced herself as a PhD student.
KIIT Students Death: Prisa Sah, an eighteen-year-old student was found dead in the same floor of the institution where Prakriti Lamba, another Nepali student died by suicide in February 2025.
Ramdas Sivanandan’ victory comes after a year-long court battle, first at the Bombay HC and then, SC. Meanwhile, TISS suspended the students’ union and banned his organisation, the PSF.
The incident comes barely two-and-a-half months after Prakriti Lamsal, another Nepalese student of the same institute, died by suicide on February 16. According to officials, there are around 1,000 Nepalese students in KIIT.
On March 4, a 20-year-old student was similarly found hanging inside his hostel room, and another case of suicide was reported on December 10, 2024.