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Police investigating the NEET aspirant decease lawsuit successful Patna connected Sunday (January 25, 2026) said forensic study of the student’s apparel has detected traces of semen, a uncovering that suggests intersexual battle of the girl.
Police volition get a DNA illustration from the traces of semen detected successful the forensic report, officials said.
In different improvement successful the case, Patna Police precocious Saturday (January 24, 2026) nighttime suspended Hemant Jha, Additional Officer-in-Charge of Kadamkuan Police presumption and the Officer-in-Charge of Chitragupt Nagar constabulary station, Sub-Inspector, Roshni Kumari, connected charges of dereliction of work successful the case.
The 18-year-old aspirant and a nonmigratory of Jehanabad, who was preparing for the aesculapian entranceway exam NEET, was recovered unconscious successful the country of Shambhu Girls Hostel successful Patna's Chitragupt Nagar earlier this month.
She was staying astatine the backstage hostel to instrumentality coaching for the examination. She died astatine a backstage infirmary connected January 11, 2026 aft remaining successful a coma for days. Her household had alleged that she was sexually assaulted, accusing authorities of attempting a cover-up. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is investigating the case.
A connection issued by the SSP bureau said, “The forensic study of the student’s clothes, which she wore astatine the clip of hospitalisation, detected traces of semen successful the leggings. These apparel were provided by the household members of the unfortunate connected January 10 and further constabulary sent these apparel for forensic examination. Now, SIT, investigating the case, volition get a DNA illustration from the semen detected successful the technological report. It volition besides beryllium matched with the DNA illustration of the accused arrested successful the and besides with the suspects”.
The post-mortem study of the deceased had highlighted injuries to her backstage parts and nail abrasions connected her body.
Her decease led to monolithic protests successful Patna, pursuing which the constabulary arrested the proprietor of the girls' hostel. The archetypal findings of the doctors had concluded that the decease occurred due to the fact that she had consumed a ample fig of sleeping pills, and that she was besides suffering from typhoid.
However, the post-mortem study of the miss concluded that ‘sexual unit can’t beryllium ruled out’ arsenic a crushed down the incident.
Though her household had initially alleged battle and intersexual abuse, constabulary maintained that aesculapian reports and CCTV footage ruled retired this.
“Doctors recovered nary signs of intersexual battle and said she had consumed a ample quantity of sleeping pills and was suffering from typhoid”, Patna constabulary had claimed successful a connection issued connected January 13, 2026.
The five-member aesculapian committee of the Patna-AIIMS, reviewing the post-mortem study and different circumstances related to the decease of NEET aspirant connected Saturday (January 24, 2026) maintained that the SIT, investigating the case, "has not provided each important documents to it truthful far".
Talking to reporters successful Patna connected Saturday (January 25, 2026), caput of the aesculapian board, Dr. Binay Kumar (Professor-Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS) said, “We person not been provided each important documents related to the lawsuit by the SIT truthful far… connected the ground of which we tin gully a decision oregon springiness our sentiment connected the case. Documents which person been provided by the SIT to the board, are not capable enough…..we are inactive waiting for immoderate much important documents. The SIT is already investigating the lawsuit and the Medical Board has besides started examining the documents”.
He, however, refused to divulge details astir the documents which person not been provided truthful acold to the board.
