Patna, February 14 A team of CBI officials visited a girls' hostel here on Saturday as part of their investigation into the death of a NEET aspirant in Bihar's capital.
The visit came a day after the central agency had formally taken over the case and registered an FIR.
The NEET aspirant, who was from Jehanabad, was found unconscious in the Shambhu girls' hostel in Patna's Chitragupt Nagar on January 6. She had been in a coma and died five days later at a private hospital.
The death triggered a major political controversy, prompting the government to hand over the case to the CBI on January 31.
Her family had alleged that she was sexually assaulted, accusing authorities of attempting to cover up the incident. Later, the police arrested an employee of the hostel.
According to police, CBI officials, accompanied by Patna Police officials, visited the Shambhu girls' hostel and questioned some employees there about the sequence of events.
If necessary, the CBI officials may also recreate the crime scenes, involving the hostel and hospitals, police sources said.
"CBI officials will examine the findings of the Patna Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT), which had collected blood samples from around 30 individuals, including family members and close relatives, for DNA testing," one of the police sources said.
