Overview
- Bihar authorities constituted a Special Investigation Team and placed it under SP-level leadership with IG oversight after receiving the autopsy report.
- Police arrested hostel owner Manish Kumar Ranjan and a court sent him to judicial custody as investigators moved to secure evidence.
- The post-mortem said sexual violence could not be ruled out and described injuries suggesting a violent struggle, with the report sent to AIIMS for expert opinion.
- Earlier police briefings had cited sleeping pill indicators, suicide-related search history and inconclusive CCTV, positions now under review in light of the autopsy.
- Protests by students and residents grew in Patna as the victim’s family alleged coercion and attempts to suppress evidence, and investigators questioned hostel residents and staff.