The Bihar government has recommended a CBI probe into the death of a 17-year-old NEET aspirant from Jehanabad district, who was found unconscious in her Patna hostel room earlier this month and later died during treatment, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary said on Saturday. This comes a day after the family of the victim met the state police chief and later alleged that police were attempting a “cover-up” in the case. Choudhary, also the state’s Home Minister, said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has written to the Centre seeking transfer of the case to the CBI to ensure a “transparent and just” investigation. There have been sustained demands by her family for a CBI probe, citing alleged lapses and contradictions in the local police investigation. The teenager was found unconscious in her room at a girls’ hostel in Patna, where she had been staying to prepare for the medical entrance examination, on January 6. She was initially taken to a local clinic, then moved to a private hospital, and later moved to another facility as her …