Overview
- State police formed a Special Investigation Team under top-level supervision, and the hostel’s owner was arrested and produced in court.
- Toxicology samples were sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory in Patna, AIIMS Patna was asked to review specific post-mortem points, and histopathology reports are pending.
- Family members alleged sexual assault and a cover-up, claimed they were offered money to drop the case, and demanded a CBI investigation.
- RJD and Congress leaders led fresh demonstrations in Patna, including effigy burnings, as human-rights petitions sought independent oversight.
- Initial police and doctor statements citing sleeping-pill use and no assault are now in question after the PMCH medical board’s finding that sexual violence cannot be ruled out; a separate hostel death of a 15-year-old student has also been reported, heightening safety concerns.