Patna NEET aspirant death case: Nitish Kumar recommends CBI probe

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) urged the centre for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe successful the death of a National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) aspirant in Patna connected January 11.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary made the confirmation by penning a station on X.

“Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar ji has urged the Government of India to manus implicit the probe of the NEET student’s execution lawsuit successful Patna (Case No.- 14/26) to the CBI. The incidental indispensable beryllium thoroughly uncovered successful a transparent manner,” Mr. Choudhary wrote connected societal media level X.

The determination came a time aft the parents of the miss met Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Vinay Kumar astatine his residence alleging that the constabulary was trying to hush up the substance by denying intersexual battle and claiming that it was a lawsuit of suicide.

High play was seen extracurricular the residence of DGP

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted connected January 16 connected the orders of the State authorities soon aft the aspirant’s post-mortem study dated January 12 surfaced successful the nationalist domain, which noted “physical injuries and marks of unit connected the body” and stated that “sexual unit cannot beryllium ruled out”.

On January 25, Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) issued a property enactment stating that connected 10.1.26, the household members of the deceased provided immoderate of the apparel of the miss to the police, which were seized. Following the ineligible procedure, it was sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for examination.

It further stated, “The FSL is preparing a DNA illustration of the same. Accordingly, arsenic portion of further investigation, the DNA volition beryllium matched with that of the arrested accused arsenic good arsenic different fishy individuals identified by the SIT.”

So acold constabulary person taken the humor illustration of astatine slightest 25 radical including the arrested radical successful the case. The FLS study has confirmed that the semen belongs to persons aged betwixt 18 and 21 years old.

Since time one, the parents of the victims were saying that their girl was sexually assaulted. Following the incident, the proprietor of the girl’s hostel was arrested.

On Friday (January 30), portion speaking to the media, the parent of the miss alleged that the probe was not being conducted decently and that the constabulary were not acting impartially. The deceased’s parent besides said that she did not spot immoderate imaginable of justness being served. She claimed that attempts were being made to suppress the lawsuit astatine aggregate levels.

The miss staying successful a backstage hostel was recovered unconscious successful her country connected January 6, nether the Chitragupt Nagar constabulary presumption country in Patna earlier this period and died during attraction astatine a backstage infirmary aft 5 days.

Published - January 31, 2026 10:12 americium IST

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