PATNA, Feb. 15 -- The team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday visited the house of the NEET aspirant who was found dead on January 11 in a private Patna hostel and who was confirmed to have been sexually assaulted prior to her death in a forensic report that corroborated such a possibility hinted in the girl's autopsy.

The 18-member CBI squad reached the girl's house in Jehanabad at around 9am on Sunday. They met the girl's parents, neighbours and villagers and spent around 5-6 hours there, people aware of the CBI team's visit said.

The girl's father looked hopeful after the CBI visit. He said, "18 CBI officers today came to our house and questioned me and my wife. The atmosphere during their interrogation was very p...