Overview
- The student was found unconscious in a Patna girls' hostel on January 6 and died in hospital on January 11.
- A post-mortem report cited sexual violence, intensifying scrutiny of the case and the initial police response.
- Patna Police had earlier suggested suicide or food poisoning and ruled out foul play, which the family called a cover-up.
- The state formed a Special Investigation Team that visited multiple hospitals linked to the case, and the hostel owner was arrested.
- RJD leaders protested, met the Patna SSP, and sought a CBI probe, while also urging mandatory registration of girls' hostels and police-monitored CCTV.