Students who have returned from the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Odisha, India have arrived home from various routes. Till Friday, 301 students have arrived from Jhapa's Kakdavitta crossing, 36 from Belhia in Bhairawa, 83 from Biratnagar's Jogbani and 162 from Birganj crossing.

Nepali students were expelled by the university due to the uncomfortable situation that arose after the death of Nepali student Prakriti Lamsal in the university hostel.

After the incident, the university administration had evicted around 800 Nepali students from the hostel and left them stranded in the bus park and railway station. According to the students, the university administration used 'bouncers' to attack the Nepali students who demonstrated demanding justice after the suspicious death of their friend.

A team including Sundar Sah (name changed) from Sunsari was stranded in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar for lack of train tickets on the first day. They spent the night at the railway station and on the second day they took a local train to Kolkata after booking tickets in the 'Tatkal' quota. They said that after getting down at Howrah station in Kolkata, they entered Nepal through Jogbani crossing via Katihar, Purnia, Farbisgunj, changing 10 vehicles at different places.

'We had to travel hungry for three days,' said Rakesh Yadav of Sunsari, 'most of the time we were penniless. There was no money to put balance on the phone. Rita Chaudhary (name changed) from Biratnagar said that she did not want to return to the university after the incident. She said that she felt insecure from the university administration and Indian students.