NEET aspirant death case: Prashant Kishor meets bereaved family members of student

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Jan Suraaj Party Chief Prashant Kishor. File.

Jan Suraaj Party Chief Prashant Kishor. File. | Photo Credit: ANI

Jan Suraaj Party laminitis Prashant Kishor connected Friday visited Jehanabad territory successful Bihar to conscionable bereaved household members of a NEET aspirant who died earlier this week aft remaining successful a coma for respective days successful the State capital.

Mr. Kishor, who had been lying debased since his enactment was drubbed successful the precocious held Assembly polls, spoke to journalists aboriginal and raised questions connected the probe by constabulary successful the matter.

"The constabulary had, initially made haste successful declaring the substance arsenic a lawsuit of suicide. Now, they person done an astir crook and are saying that intersexual battle could not beryllium ruled out", said Mr. Kishor.

He was referring to the connection made by Patna constabulary a fewer days ago.

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The 18-year-old aspirant and a nonmigratory of Jehanabad was recovered unconscious successful her hostel country nether the Chitragupt Nagar constabulary presumption country earlier this period and died during attraction astatine a backstage infirmary connected January 11.

Mr. Kishor besides claimed "family members of the miss person complained that the investigating officer, an SHO, has been asking them to onslaught a compromise and fto spell of the matter. This is highly objectionable. I volition assistance them conscionable elder officers and guarantee that the culprits are brought to book".

He, however, declined to instrumentality questions connected the ED raid successful Kolkata, astatine the premises of governmental consultancy steadfast IPAC, which helium had co-founded but aboriginal dissociated himself from since becoming a full-time governmental activist.

The household of the deceased had, from the outset alleged battle and intersexual abuse, accusing authorities of attempting a cover-up. Her decease triggered protests by students and relatives. Police connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) arrested the proprietor of the gathering successful which the girls' hostel was being run. Following reports of the post-mortem findings circulating connected societal media, protests erupted successful parts of Patna connected Thursday (January 15, 2026).

Published - January 16, 2026 04:17 p.m. IST

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