The mysterious death of a NEET aspirant at Patna’s Shambhu Girls Hostel has taken a dramatic turn, with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) zeroing in on a suspicious detail: the broken mobile phones of the victim’s father and brother. On Sunday, the CBI team raided the family’s ancestral home in Jehanabad, spending four intense hours combing through the premises. Their quest for call records from the final conversations hit a wall when they learned both key phones were ‘accidentally’ damaged and sent for repairs just after the tragedy.
This revelation has amplified the suspense surrounding the case. Investigators are desperate to reconstruct the girl’s last communications with her family, believing it holds crucial clues to whether her death was suicide or something more sinister. The team seized personal items including clothes, notebooks, study materials, and even a pair of scissors from the house. Separate interrogations of the mother, father, brother, and neighbors painted a picture of the student’s daily routine and any potential conflicts.
Adding to the intrigue, unknown individuals tossed a threatening note through the kitchen window on Friday night. Scrawled in menacing letters, it read: ‘Don’t push too hard, or we’ll kill everyone.’ The family claims this is an attempt to intimidate them now that the CBI has taken over, following earlier local police mishandling. Shukurabad police are probing the threat.
At the heart of the CBI’s inquiry are five burning questions that could unlock the mystery:
1. Why did the girl frantically call her family on the night of January 26, sounding terrified?
2. What prompted her parents to rush to the hostel the very next day, on January 27?
3. Upon returning to the hostel from her village on January 5, why did she step out briefly, only to vanish momentarily?
4. Why did she refuse meals on January 5 and 6 after arriving back?
5. How did both the father and brother’s phones shatter simultaneously right after her death?
The case has exploded into a political firestorm in Bihar. During the assembly’s budget session, opposition leaders slammed the government’s law and order failures. Former Chief Minister Rabri Devi accused authorities of cover-ups. Massive protests and family distrust forced the state to hand the probe to CBI. As tensions rise, the nation watches for answers in this heartbreaking saga of a bright student’s untimely end.