Overview
- Investigators sealed the Patna girls’ hostel where the 18-year-old was found unconscious, following earlier arrest of the hostel operator.
- ADG (CID) Paras Nath said FSL and DNA analyses are pending, with results expected in roughly five to six days after extensive evidence collection.
- The Bihar State Women’s Commission took suo motu cognisance and asked the Patna District Magistrate to submit a complete registry of girls’ hostels within a week for oversight.
- Medical findings cited in reports diverge, with PMCH doctors saying sexual assault could not be ruled out while another account attributes death to heavy sleeping-pill consumption with typhoid.
- Student groups and opposition leaders escalated pressure for an independent probe, with MP Pappu Yadav planning to approach the High Court for a CBI investigation and Congress staging demonstrations.