A third-year B-Tech student of the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneshwar, was found dead in her hostel leading to tension in the campus, with the police suspecting it to be a case of suicide.

The deceased was identified as Prakriti Lamsal from Nepal. The deceased’s cousin lodged a complaint at Infocity police station in Bhubaneswar alleging that his sister hanged herself in her hostel room on Sunday. He suspected that another male student of the varsity was blackmailing his sister for which she committed suicide.