A Delhi court on Monday (June 30) allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to wrap up the disappearance case of former JNU student Najeeb Ahmed. He disappeared on October 15, 2016.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari accepted the central investigating agency's closure report, but also granted freedom to reopen the case if evidence in the case is discovered.&nbsp;In 2018, the federal probe agency had shut down its probe in the case as its attempts to track down Ahmed went in vain. On this, the CBI submitted its closure report to the court after receiving permission from the Delhi High Court. Najeeb Ahmed's mother, Fatima Nafees, had moved court against the CBI's closure report. Her lawyer had pleaded in court that it was a "political case", and the CBI had "caved under the pressure of its masters".&nbsp;Ahmed, a JNU M.Sc Biotechnology student, had disappeared from the Mahi-Mandvi hostel of the university on October 15, 2016, following a fight with some students allegedly belonging to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad the night before.&nbsp;But the hostel warden had assured of having witnessed Najeeb depart the university campus by auto.The missing case, who was originally investigated by the Delhi Police, was then handed over to the CBI. The central agency had previously informed the court in early April that Najeeb Ahmed had declined treatment at Safdarjung Hospital after he was allegedly beaten up by the ABVP-supporting students.&nbsp;It also said that the doctor and medical attendant of the hospital's statements could not be accepted in the lack of documents confirming the visit of Ahmed. "After visiting the hospital, Ahmed was told to have an MLC made. But he along with his friend Md Quasim returned to the hostel and did not have any MLC made," the investigation officer alleged.&nbsp;ACJM Maheshwari had previously this month said that she would rule on whether or not to act on the police report advising the closure of a case on Ahmed's disappearance.<h2>What happened in 2016?</h2>According to Najeeb Ahmed's mother, he had returned to JNU after holidays on October 13, 2016. On the intervening night of October 15-16, he had phoned his mother to inform her that something went wrong with him. Fatima Nafees, in her FIR, also said that Ahmed's roommate, Kasim, informed her that there was a scuffle and he was hurt.&nbsp;The very next day, she boarded a bus from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh to see her son. When she arrived in Delhi, she called Najeeb and told him to come to his hostel. When she arrived at his hostel room number 106 in the Mahi-Mandvi hostel, there was not a trace of Najeeb Ahmed. He had been missing ever since.

Najeeb Ahmed case: India court okays closure of CBI probe of missing JNU student

A Delhi court on Monday (June 30) allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to wrap up the disappearance case of former JNU student Najeeb Ahmed. He disappeared on October 15, 2016. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari accepted the central investigating agency's closure report, but also granted freedom to reopen the case if evidence in the case is discovered. In 2018, the federal probe agency had shut down its probe in the case as its attempts to track down Ahmed went in vain. On this, the CBI submitted its closure report to the court after receiving permission from the Delhi High Court. Najeeb Ahmed's mother, Fatima Nafees, had moved court against the CBI's closure report. Her lawyer had pleaded in court that it was a "political case", and the CBI had "caved under the pressure of its masters". Ahmed, a JNU M.Sc Biotechnology student, had disappeared from the Mahi-Mandvi hostel of the university on October 15, 2016, following a fight with some students allegedly belonging to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad the night before. But the hostel warden had assured of having witnessed Najeeb depart the university campus by auto. The missing case, who was originally investigated by the Delhi Police, was then handed over to the CBI. The central agency had previously informed the court in early April that Najeeb Ahmed had declined treatment at Safdarjung Hospital after he was allegedly beaten up by the ABVP-supporting students. It also said that the doctor and medical attendant of the hospital's statements could not be accepted in the lack of documents confirming the visit of Ahmed. "After visiting the hospital, Ahmed was told to have an MLC made. But he along with his friend Md Quasim returned to the hostel and did not have any MLC made," the investigation officer alleged. ACJM Maheshwari had previously this month said that she would rule on whether or not to act on the police report advising the closure of a case on Ahmed's disappearance. What happened in 2016? According to Najeeb Ahmed's mother, he had returned to JNU after holidays on October 13, 2016. On the intervening night of October 15-16, he had phoned his mother to inform her that something went wrong with him. Fatima Nafees, in her FIR, also said that Ahmed's roommate, Kasim, informed her that there was a scuffle and he was hurt. The very next day, she boarded a bus from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh to see her son. When she arrived in Delhi, she called Najeeb and told him to come to his hostel. When she arrived at his hostel room number 106 in the Mahi-Mandvi hostel, there was not a trace of Najeeb Ahmed. He had been missing ever since.

CBI had closed its probe into the case in 2018, after its efforts to find Najeeb Ahmed proved unsuccessful

The student who was missing from March 10 at Jawaharlal Nehru University was found on Thursday.

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A 26-year-old girl who was pursuing MPhil from the University is missing from March 10.

After an official complaint filed by her parents, police has registered a case against unidentified persons.

Media has reported the missing girl&#39;s family alleging that went missing from college campus only where she went to get some reference for her course.

Police investigators have also said&nbsp;that she was seen entering the campus but after that her&nbsp;whereabouts are unknown.

Further Police investigation of the matter is underway.

Najeeb Ahmed a student of M.Sc Biotechnology in JNU is also missing from the university campus in May 2016.

A 26-year-old girl who was pursuing MPhil from the University is missing from March 10

The student who was missing from March 10 at Jawaharlal Nehru University was found on Thursday. She said that she is fine and had gone on her own. The missing JNU girl student has been found, she says she had gone on her own and that she is fine: Delhi Police DCP Milind Dombre — ANI (@ANI) March 15, 2018 × A 26-year-old girl who was pursuing MPhil from the University is missing from March 10. After an official complaint filed by her parents, police has registered a case against unidentified persons. Media has reported the missing girl's family alleging that went missing from college campus only where she went to get some reference for her course. Police investigators have also said that she was seen entering the campus but after that her whereabouts are unknown. Further Police investigation of the matter is underway. Najeeb Ahmed a student of M.Sc Biotechnology in JNU is also missing from the university campus in May 2016.

JNU missing student from March 10 found in campus

The sniffer dogs failed to make any headway and stopped after circling around in the hostel where he stayed

More than six hundred Delhi Police personnel assisted by sniffer dogs scanned the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Monday to search for clues that could help them trace missing student Najeeb Ahmed, news agency Press Trust of India reported. Najeeb has been missing for more than two months now. The police began their search around 11 am under the supervision of DCP (Crime Branch) G Ram Gopal Naik, PTI reports. The sniffer dogs failed to make any headway and stopped after circling around in the hostel where Najeeb stayed. About 65-70 per cent of the campus was covered today and rest including the residential areas and the interiors of the campus will be scanned tomorrow, a senior police officer was quoted as saying by PTI. Najeeb's mother Fatima Nafees who was present at the hostel termed the police search "too late" and "futile", according to PTI. "They should have carried out this search immediately after Najeeb went missing. But now, it's of no use. I appeal to police to bring back my son and I will take him home from here," she told PTI. Najeeb went missing on October 15 following an on-campus scuffle allegedly with ABVP members the night before. The search follows an order by the Delhi High Court last week to scan the entire campus, including hostels, classrooms and rooftops, of the buildings with help of sniffer dogs. (WION with inputs from PTI)

India: 600 cops, sniffer dogs search JNU campus to find clues on missing student Najeeb

It&#39;s been 52 days since a student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Delhi disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Najeeb Ahmed had reportedly had a brawl with several students of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarti Parishad (ABVP), an all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),&nbsp;before he disappeared.

His family and friends have alleged that Najeeb has been kidnapped but the Delhi police so far had no luck in tracking the 27-year-old.

WION spoke to Najeeb&#39;s mother, Fatima Nafees, who resides in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about the disappearance of her son from one of the most prestigious universities in India. Here are the excerpts:

What happened on the night before Najeeb went missing?

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Najeeb called me up at 2 am and told me that he was beaten up by boys from his hostel and that he was in Safdarjung hospital. When I asked him about the details of the incident, he dropped the call. I subsequently called up his roommate and asked him about the incident. He too didn&rsquo;t give me much details. I told them I would be there at the hospital next morning. I immediately left my village in Uttar Pradesh and was in contact with Najeeb throughout. The last I spoke to him was at 11 am next day.
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What happened at the hospital?

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The hospital authorities told the boys that they will get a police report filed before beginning treatment. His friends told me that Najeeb did not want to file an FIR (first information report) against anyone as he did not want to get involved in a legal process. They also said that his assaulters had in fact filed a police case against him for starting the brawl.

The ABVP boys have, on the other hand, alleged that Najeeb had beaten up a member of their group when he went to Najeeb&rsquo;s room campaigning for the elections in the hostel. They also alleged that Najeeb had done so because one of the&nbsp;boys was wearing a red thread on his hand (associated with the Hindu religion).

This is what they have been saying, but why is the police not able to find&nbsp;Najeeb and hear his version of the entire episode? Let us assume that Najeeb had done it. So does it mean that they will kidnap him and keep him away from us for 52 days? Then, what is the law of the land for?
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Do you think Najeeb would hit someone for this reason?

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Not at all. He used to celebrate all festivals apart from the Islamic ones with his friends. Ask his friends from school and college. All of his friends are not Muslims.
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What did Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav have to say?

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He assured us all help. But the case is under the Delhi jurisdiction. He said a special task force had been formed to locate Najeeb.
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Is the Delhi police cooperating with you?

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When I went to file an FIR on day one, they insisted on us filing a missing report and not that of kidnapping. An officer said, &quot;If you want to get back your child, do as we say.&quot; I agreed and filed a missing report. Although I wanted to mention that when I reached his hostel, I found his slippers on the stairs, clearly indicating that he was dragged away from his room.
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What about the boys who assaulted Najeeb?

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I remember the names of three boys - Vikrant, Ankit and Sunil. I don&#39;t understand why the police is shielding them. They are the ones who threatened to kill Najeeb&nbsp;and made comments like &quot;we will send him to heaven by tomorrow morning&quot;.

The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi had said that Najeeb was seen in Bihar. 
If they had seen Najeeb in Bihar, why did they not bring him back? I have met everyone by now and even written to the Prime Minister of the country about it, but there has been no response so far. I have lost hope in everyone, except God. I am sure that Najeeb is alive and safe. I am just waiting for him to come back. I don&#39;t want anyone to be punished. I will forgive all of them.
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How has the student community in JNU responded?

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It&#39;s only because of them that I have been able to continue the search for this long. Otherwise, I would have been shattered by now. Najeeb&rsquo;s father, a carpenter by profession, is out of work too as he is a heart patient.
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There were also reports in media that Najeeb was suffering from depression and was on sedatives.

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All this is rubbish. They just want to divert the case. They have nothing to say, so now they are coming up with these theories. The fact that he got admission in four different universities and he choose JNU over them proves that he was mentally very sound and stable.

Najeeb was a very quiet person. He did like to talk much or mingle with a lot of people. He would seldom laugh and not speak much.

When he comes back now, I will not let him study neither would I send any of my kids to study outside. I just want him back.
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Why do think Najeeb was targeted?

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The fact that the red thread angle is being brought to the fore repeatedly by his assaulters proves that he was beaten because he was a Muslim. Had it been Naresh instead of Najeeb and the assaulter was a Muslim, the entire family of the assaulter would have been languishing behind bars by now.
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Are you talking about an&nbsp;identity-based crime here?

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I am not saying this. The entire country knows it. It will have a very negative impact on the minds of young Muslim students planning to move to Delhi for education. This is a threat to our very democracy.
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How has the JNU administration responded?

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I have been chasing them. The vice chancellor is not even ready to talk to me. They say that we are not responsible for everything that happens on the campus. I can&rsquo;t understand how they could be so insensitive.
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What did Najeeb want to do after graduating from JNU?

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Najeeb wanted to prepare for civil services after completing his course here.
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WION spoke to Najeeb Ahmed's mother, 52 days after he went missing from the university in the Indian capital, New Delhi

It's been 52 days since a student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Delhi disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Najeeb Ahmed had reportedly had a brawl with several students of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarti Parishad (ABVP), an all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), before he disappeared. His family and friends have alleged that Najeeb has been kidnapped but the Delhi police so far had no luck in tracking the 27-year-old. WION spoke to Najeeb's mother, Fatima Nafees, who resides in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about the disappearance of her son from one of the most prestigious universities in India. Here are the excerpts: What happened on the night before Najeeb went missing? Najeeb called me up at 2 am and told me that he was beaten up by boys from his hostel and that he was in Safdarjung hospital. When I asked him about the details of the incident, he dropped the call. I subsequently called up his roommate and asked him about the incident. He too didn’t give me much details. I told them I would be there at the hospital next morning. I immediately left my village in Uttar Pradesh and was in contact with Najeeb throughout. The last I spoke to him was at 11 am next day. What happened at the hospital? The hospital authorities told the boys that they will get a police report filed before beginning treatment. His friends told me that Najeeb did not want to file an FIR (first information report) against anyone as he did not want to get involved in a legal process. They also said that his assaulters had in fact filed a police case against him for starting the brawl. The ABVP boys have, on the other hand, alleged that Najeeb had beaten up a member of their group when he went to Najeeb’s room campaigning for the elections in the hostel. They also alleged that Najeeb had done so because one of the boys was wearing a red thread on his hand (associated with the Hindu religion). This is what they have been saying, but why is the police not able to find Najeeb and hear his version of the entire episode? Let us assume that Najeeb had done it. So does it mean that they will kidnap him and keep him away from us for 52 days? Then, what is the law of the land for? Do you think Najeeb would hit someone for this reason? Not at all. He used to celebrate all festivals apart from the Islamic ones with his friends. Ask his friends from school and college. All of his friends are not Muslims. What did Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav have to say? He assured us all help. But the case is under the Delhi jurisdiction. He said a special task force had been formed to locate Najeeb. Is the Delhi police cooperating with you? When I went to file an FIR on day one, they insisted on us filing a missing report and not that of kidnapping. An officer said, "If you want to get back your child, do as we say." I agreed and filed a missing report. Although I wanted to mention that when I reached his hostel, I found his slippers on the stairs, clearly indicating that he was dragged away from his room. What about the boys who assaulted Najeeb? I remember the names of three boys - Vikrant, Ankit and Sunil. I don't understand why the police is shielding them. They are the ones who threatened to kill Najeeb and made comments like "we will send him to heaven by tomorrow morning". The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi had said that Najeeb was seen in Bihar. If they had seen Najeeb in Bihar, why did they not bring him back? I have met everyone by now and even written to the Prime Minister of the country about it, but there has been no response so far. I have lost hope in everyone, except God. I am sure that Najeeb is alive and safe. I am just waiting for him to come back. I don't want anyone to be punished. I will forgive all of them. How has the student community in JNU responded? It's only because of them that I have been able to continue the search for this long. Otherwise, I would have been shattered by now. Najeeb’s father, a carpenter by profession, is out of work too as he is a heart patient. There were also reports in media that Najeeb was suffering from depression and was on sedatives. All this is rubbish. They just want to divert the case. They have nothing to say, so now they are coming up with these theories. The fact that he got admission in four different universities and he choose JNU over them proves that he was mentally very sound and stable. Najeeb was a very quiet person. He did like to talk much or mingle with a lot of people. He would seldom laugh and not speak much. When he comes back now, I will not let him study neither would I send any of my kids to study outside. I just want him back. Why do think Najeeb was targeted? The fact that the red thread angle is being brought to the fore repeatedly by his assaulters proves that he was beaten because he was a Muslim. Had it been Naresh instead of Najeeb and the assaulter was a Muslim, the entire family of the assaulter would have been languishing behind bars by now. Are you talking about an identity-based crime here? I am not saying this. The entire country knows it. It will have a very negative impact on the minds of young Muslim students planning to move to Delhi for education. This is a threat to our very democracy. How has the JNU administration responded? I have been chasing them. The vice chancellor is not even ready to talk to me. They say that we are not responsible for everything that happens on the campus. I can’t understand how they could be so insensitive. What did Najeeb want to do after graduating from JNU? Najeeb wanted to prepare for civil services after completing his course here. (WION)

India: Najeeb's disappearance will negatively impact young Muslim minds, says mother of missing JNU student

A member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has been found guilty of hitting missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, following which he went missing, a proctorial enquiry has established.&nbsp;

Ahmed, 27, went missing on October 15, a day after an on-campus altercation with members of the ABVP. The ABVP is the student wing of India&#39;s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.&nbsp;

The enquiry into the case was ordered due to lack of a significant breakthrough in the case to locate Ahmed.&nbsp;

The ABVP student &quot;has been found to be involved in hitting Najeeb Ahmed and using derogatory language with provocative behaviour on October 14. This is an act of indiscipline and misconduct,&quot; an official order read.&nbsp;

The ABVP has accused the university administration of being &ldquo;biased&rdquo; in its conduct of the enquiry.&nbsp;

&quot;The proctor has taken deposition of those students into account who were not even present there. Not only the enquiry is biased but even the administration is siding with the left-dominated students union,&quot; PTI reported Saurabh Sharma, ABVP member&nbsp;as saying.&nbsp;

Meanwhile, the ABVP member found guilty in the enquiry has been asked to explain why disciplinary action should not be taken against him, PTI reported.

(WION with inputs from PTI)

He was 'found to be involved in hitting Najeeb Ahmed and using derogatory language with provocative behaviour'

A member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has been found guilty of hitting missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, following which he went missing, a proctorial enquiry has established. Ahmed, 27, went missing on October 15, a day after an on-campus altercation with members of the ABVP. The ABVP is the student wing of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. The enquiry into the case was ordered due to lack of a significant breakthrough in the case to locate Ahmed. The ABVP student "has been found to be involved in hitting Najeeb Ahmed and using derogatory language with provocative behaviour on October 14. This is an act of indiscipline and misconduct," an official order read. The ABVP has accused the university administration of being “biased” in its conduct of the enquiry. "The proctor has taken deposition of those students into account who were not even present there. Not only the enquiry is biased but even the administration is siding with the left-dominated students union," PTI reported Saurabh Sharma, ABVP member as saying. Meanwhile, the ABVP member found guilty in the enquiry has been asked to explain why disciplinary action should not be taken against him, PTI reported. (WION with inputs from PTI)

Missing Indian student: University enquiry finds ABVP member guilty of assault

Police have launched a probe after a mysterious letter was delivered on November 14 to Jawaharlal Nehru University&#39;s Mahi-Mandvi hostel.&nbsp;

Media reports cited sources as saying the letter was written by a woman from Aligarh who claimed to have information about the missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing for more than a month now.&nbsp;

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The letter was addressed to Najeeb. It was received by hostel president Azeem who informed Najeeb&#39;s mother Fatima Nafees about the letter and handed it over to her. Nafees, in turn, gave it to the crime branch.&nbsp;

Reports said the woman wrote in the letter that she had seen Najeeb in Aligarh. She added that Najeeb sought her help, saying he had been &quot;locked up somewhere&quot; but had managed to escape.&nbsp;

The reports further said that by the time she was able to inform anybody, Najeeb had left or &quot;was probably taken away by some people&quot;.&nbsp;

The letter also apparently mentioned an address where she could be found but, the reports said, when officers of the crime branch reached the address, they found no one there.&nbsp;

The letter did not mention where Najeeb might have been &quot;locked up&quot;. Nor did it say anything about a ransom.&nbsp;

The reports said the courier agency that delivered the letter would be asked to say where it was despatched from and who might have sent it.&nbsp;

The letter itself will be sent for forensic analysis.&nbsp;

(WION)

The woman who reportedly wrote the letter said she had seen Najeeb Ahmed in a market in Aligarh

Police have launched a probe after a mysterious letter was delivered on November 14 to Jawaharlal Nehru University's Mahi-Mandvi hostel. Media reports cited sources as saying the letter was written by a woman from Aligarh who claimed to have information about the missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing for more than a month now. The letter also mentioned an address where the woman could be found but when officers got there, they found no one × The letter was addressed to Najeeb. It was received by hostel president Azeem who informed Najeeb's mother Fatima Nafees about the letter and handed it over to her. Nafees, in turn, gave it to the crime branch. Reports said the woman wrote in the letter that she had seen Najeeb in Aligarh. She added that Najeeb sought her help, saying he had been "locked up somewhere" but had managed to escape. The reports further said that by the time she was able to inform anybody, Najeeb had left or "was probably taken away by some people". The letter also apparently mentioned an address where she could be found but, the reports said, when officers of the crime branch reached the address, they found no one there. The letter did not mention where Najeeb might have been "locked up". Nor did it say anything about a ransom. The reports said the courier agency that delivered the letter would be asked to say where it was despatched from and who might have sent it. The letter itself will be sent for forensic analysis. (WION)

Missing Indian student: Police launch probe after mysterious letter arrives at university

Police on Sunday detained the mother and sister, along with scores of angry students, of missing Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed during a protest march to India Gate in the Indian capital Delhi.&nbsp;

Najeeb&#39;s mother, Fatima Nafees, was allegedly dragged (see picture) into a bus by Delhi police, PTI reported.&nbsp;

Najeeb Ahmed, a 27-year-old student of the School of Biotechnology in JNU, went missing on October 15 after an alleged on-campus altercation with members of the Akhil Bharatiya&nbsp; 
Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of India&#39;s ruling BJP party.

We were protesting very peacefully but the Delhi Police detained us without any reason,&quot; Najeeb&#39;s sister Sadaf Mosharraf told PTI.&nbsp;

Both mother and daughter were later released.&nbsp;

The police denied manhandling the protesters, saying all their actions were&nbsp;&quot;within the frameworks of law&quot;.&nbsp;

&quot;No one has been manhandled and no force has been used against anyone. Adequate male and female police was there. Within the parameters of law we handled the entire situation,&quot; southwest Delhi joint commissioner of police Deependra Pathak told PTI.

He added that a few protesters, including Najeeb&#39;s mother, were taken to a police station but that they were later sent home.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal condemned the police action, and submitted a memorandum about the &quot;worrisome situation&quot; in the country to President Pranab Mukherjee.&nbsp;

The President reportedly also assured Kejriwal that he would be seeking a report on the disappearance from the interior ministry and the JNU administration.

(WION with inputs from PTI)

Najeeb Ahmed's sister was also detained, then let off. Ahmed (right) has been missing for 23 days now

Police on Sunday detained the mother and sister, along with scores of angry students, of missing Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed during a protest march to India Gate in the Indian capital Delhi. Najeeb's mother, Fatima Nafees, was allegedly dragged (see picture) into a bus by Delhi police, PTI reported. Najeeb Ahmed, a 27-year-old student of the School of Biotechnology in JNU, went missing on October 15 after an alleged on-campus altercation with members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of India's ruling BJP party. We were protesting very peacefully but the Delhi Police detained us without any reason," Najeeb's sister Sadaf Mosharraf told PTI. Both mother and daughter were later released. The police denied manhandling the protesters, saying all their actions were "within the frameworks of law". "No one has been manhandled and no force has been used against anyone. Adequate male and female police was there. Within the parameters of law we handled the entire situation," southwest Delhi joint commissioner of police Deependra Pathak told PTI. He added that a few protesters, including Najeeb's mother, were taken to a police station but that they were later sent home. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal condemned the police action, and submitted a memorandum about the "worrisome situation" in the country to President Pranab Mukherjee. The President reportedly also assured Kejriwal that he would be seeking a report on the disappearance from the interior ministry and the JNU administration. (WION with inputs from PTI)

India: Police manhandle, detain missing JNU student's mother during protest

A day after students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) took out a march in the Indian capital of New Delhi in support of a missing university student, another PH.D student was found dead in his hostel on Tuesday.&nbsp;

The student, identified as J R Philemon, was a resident of Manipur and had been missing for&nbsp;the last three days.&nbsp;

The police said he was found dead in his room at the Brahmaputra Hostel under mysterious circumstances. They recovered his body after forcefully opening the door, following complaints of foul smell emanating from the room by the student in the neighbouring room. &nbsp;

&quot;Philemon was residing in room no-171 of Brahmaputra Hostel and was not seen from last three days. The police were informed by security control room about his death&quot; a senior police officer. The police added that the case is being investigated.

Earlier on Monday, about 1,000 university students had marched from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar raising slogans against the administration and the police.&nbsp;

An M.Sc student, Najeeb Ahmed had gone missing from the university eleven days ago, after he was beaten up by a mob of students, reportedly from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).&nbsp;

The students complained of being kept in the dark by the administration about their actions. They are also expected to raise the issue with the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

(WION with inputs from agencies) 
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The deceased had been missing for three days. JNU students have demanded speedy inquiry into the case of another missing student

A day after students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) took out a march in the Indian capital of New Delhi in support of a missing university student, another PH.D student was found dead in his hostel on Tuesday. The student, identified as J R Philemon, was a resident of Manipur and had been missing for the last three days. The police said he was found dead in his room at the Brahmaputra Hostel under mysterious circumstances. They recovered his body after forcefully opening the door, following complaints of foul smell emanating from the room by the student in the neighbouring room. "Philemon was residing in room no-171 of Brahmaputra Hostel and was not seen from last three days. The police were informed by security control room about his death" a senior police officer. The police added that the case is being investigated. Earlier on Monday, about 1,000 university students had marched from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar raising slogans against the administration and the police. An M.Sc student, Najeeb Ahmed had gone missing from the university eleven days ago, after he was beaten up by a mob of students, reportedly from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). The students complained of being kept in the dark by the administration about their actions. They are also expected to raise the issue with the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. (WION with inputs from agencies)

Manipuri student found dead in JNU hostel as university students protest against administration

It has been four days since Najeeb Ahmed, a Master&#39;s student of biotechnology at New Delhi&#39;s Jawaharlal Nehru University, went missing after being &quot;beaten up&quot; on campus by activists of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad,&nbsp;the student wing of India&#39;s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. &nbsp; 
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On Wednesday, Ahmed&#39;s parents waited anxiously for his return outside the administrative block of the university. Despite rumours on the campus, his mother hopes he will come back safely. Students&#39; organisations, apart from the ABVP, are holding protest meetings in a bid to pressure the administration to come down hard on those accused of beating up Ahmed.&nbsp;

The administration, however, has held Ahmed an accused in the incident despite the fact that he was beaten up after which he disappeared from the campus. This is evident from the press release issued by the university administration.&nbsp;

Ahmed&#39;s parents, however, have filed a first information report (FIR) in which they have said that they fear&nbsp;their son has&nbsp;been abducted. Speculation&nbsp;that Ahmed might have left the campus on his own is also doing the rounds.&nbsp;

The JNU administration has not yet filed a case against the four accused ABVP activists, Vikrant, Vijendar, Ayush Bharadwaj and Ankit, for thrashing Ahmed, but has sought the&nbsp;help of the central investigating agency the&nbsp;CBI (Central of Bureau Investigation), and the National Crime Records Bureau.&nbsp; 
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The administration has also accused the students of giving the incident a communal colour. After Ahmed went missing,&nbsp;remarks like &quot;All Muslims are terrorists&quot; were found scrawled on the walls of hostels and in washrooms.&nbsp; 
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Ahmed joined JNU on August 1 and had&nbsp;been living there ever since, his batchmates said. They were shocked to read that he was accused of assaulting Vikrant, an ABVP member. It is alleged that Ahmed beat Vikrant when he went to Ahmed&#39;s&nbsp;room to collect funds for a hostel function. &nbsp; 
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&quot;Why would Ahmed beat someone for wearing a red thread on his wrist? He was himself fond of several festivals celebrated by Hindus and would participate in them. It is not possible that he would beat someone for that,&quot; Ahmed&#39;s mother said to WION, &nbsp; 
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Recalling October 14,&nbsp;when the alleged incident took place, Anas, an eyewitness, told WION, &quot;I was on the ground floor of the Mahi Mandvi hostel when I heard loud cries from the first floor. I rushed to the spot and saw Ahmed apologising with folded hands. ABVP guys were surrounding him -- beating him up one by one. They were also making communal remarks while doing that. One of them said, &#39;Let&#39;s send him to heaven today&#39;.&quot; &nbsp; 
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Another eyewitness corroborated what Anas had to say, &quot;I was campaigning in the Mahi Mandvi Hostel for the hostel committee polls when Vikrant&nbsp;came up to me and said that Ahmed had beaten him up on seeing a red thread on his wrist. But when I went to check Ahmed in his room, I found him bleeding from his nose. When I asked what was wrong, he remained quiet.&quot; 
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The guards reached the spot 10 to 15 minutes after the incident, the students told WION. Najeeb was reportedly dragged to the washroom where he was thrashed again by the ABVP boys. The G4S security guards, who normally record such incidents, did not do so this time. &nbsp;&nbsp; 
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The warden of the hostel, Sushil Kumar, &nbsp;intervened and took the men to the investigation room, where Ahmed was accused for the incident. A letter signed by different stakeholders, including the JNUSU (Jawaharlal Nehru University Students&#39; Union) president&nbsp;Mohit Pandey, endorsed the decision of the warden to expel Ahmed from the hostel.&nbsp; 
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Talking to WION, Sushil Kumar said, &quot;I held him guilty on account of the witnesses present in that room who stated that Najeeb had sought forgiveness by folding his hands.&quot;&nbsp;However, Najeeb&#39;s supporters believe that the witnesses cannot be believed since they are from the ABVP.

&quot;The witnesses in the room belonged to the ABVP, the warden did not take this into cognisance. Besides, Ahmed&nbsp;merely folding his hands in front of people who were thrashing him does not prove his guilt,&quot; a student who was present when the incident took place told WION. &nbsp; 
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Following this, Ahmed called up his mother who lives in Uttar Pradesh and asked her to come to Delhi. She last spoke to Ahmed on the morning of&nbsp;October 15 when she reached Delhi, but was unable to find Najeeb in his hostel on the same day.&nbsp;

Ahmed&#39;s disappearance from the university has stoked fresh political protest on the campus. Students from different Left, Dalit and Muslim organisations are accusing the ABVP of having deliberately created a situation of communal discord in a bid to polarise students on the basis of religion. The ABVP, however, has accused Left organisations of giving the incident a communal colour. &nbsp; 
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Heba Ahmed, a student and activist of YFDA (Youth Forum for Discussions and Welfare Activities), a non-political group for Muslim students of JNU, said, &nbsp;&quot;The pattern of ABVP-RSS-BJP constructing a discourse of Hindu victimhood is again at work. This time, instead of targeting a Dalit student, they have made a frontal attack on a Muslim. They chose their target for the lynch mob carefully: a Muslim student who is new on&nbsp;campus, and is friendless and defenceless. ABVP has alleged that Najeeb made a religiously motivated attack on their cadre campaigning for hostel elections. The fact that Najeeb was brutally lynched, even in front of the hostel warden, has been twisted and erased. The fact that a graffiti saying, &#39;Muslims Are Terrorists&#39;, &#39;Pakistani Mullah Go Back&#39;&nbsp;have been left in the common room and the washroom of Mahi-Mandavi Hostel is being completely ignored by the administration. That even now&nbsp;the hostel in question resembles a war&nbsp;zone in which Muslim students still feel intimidated and threatened is not being considered. The administration has consistently refused to file an official complaint in this matter.&quot;&nbsp;

Saurabh Sharma, an ABVP activist and former JNUSU office-holder, told WION, &quot;Our concern is that Najeeb should be found out and petty politics over the incident should end. It is absurd to hear that ABVP guys thrashed Najeeb, it is far from the&nbsp;truth. The matter had been resolved then and we have no role in his disappearance from the campus. Thousands of students from Jamia and Aligarh Muslim University are being mobilised. What does this indicate?&quot; &nbsp; 
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Commenting on the politics of the entire episode, he said that a situation of panic and fear was being created in the country before the elections in Uttar Pradesh&nbsp;like was created before the Bihar elections on account of the&nbsp;lynching of Akhlaq&nbsp;in Dadri. &nbsp; 
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&nbsp;Amid&nbsp;all the tension that has gripped JNU, Najeeb&#39;s&nbsp;mother sits outside the university&#39;s administrative block, waiting for her son to come back.&nbsp;

(WION)

Najeeb Ahmed of Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University last spoke to his mother on October 15, a day after he was reportedly beaten up

It has been four days since Najeeb Ahmed, a Master's student of biotechnology at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, went missing after being "beaten up" on campus by activists of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. On Wednesday, Ahmed's parents waited anxiously for his return outside the administrative block of the university. Despite rumours on the campus, his mother hopes he will come back safely. Students' organisations, apart from the ABVP, are holding protest meetings in a bid to pressure the administration to come down hard on those accused of beating up Ahmed. The administration, however, has held Ahmed an accused in the incident despite the fact that he was beaten up after which he disappeared from the campus. This is evident from the press release issued by the university administration. Ahmed's parents, however, have filed a first information report (FIR) in which they have said that they fear their son has been abducted. Speculation that Ahmed might have left the campus on his own is also doing the rounds. The JNU administration has not yet filed a case against the four accused ABVP activists, Vikrant, Vijendar, Ayush Bharadwaj and Ankit, for thrashing Ahmed, but has sought the help of the central investigating agency the CBI (Central of Bureau Investigation), and the National Crime Records Bureau. The administration has also accused the students of giving the incident a communal colour. After Ahmed went missing, remarks like "All Muslims are terrorists" were found scrawled on the walls of hostels and in washrooms. Ahmed joined JNU on August 1 and had been living there ever since, his batchmates said. They were shocked to read that he was accused of assaulting Vikrant, an ABVP member. It is alleged that Ahmed beat Vikrant when he went to Ahmed's room to collect funds for a hostel function. "Why would Ahmed beat someone for wearing a red thread on his wrist? He was himself fond of several festivals celebrated by Hindus and would participate in them. It is not possible that he would beat someone for that," Ahmed's mother said to WION, Recalling October 14, when the alleged incident took place, Anas, an eyewitness, told WION, "I was on the ground floor of the Mahi Mandvi hostel when I heard loud cries from the first floor. I rushed to the spot and saw Ahmed apologising with folded hands. ABVP guys were surrounding him -- beating him up one by one. They were also making communal remarks while doing that. One of them said, 'Let's send him to heaven today'." Another eyewitness corroborated what Anas had to say, "I was campaigning in the Mahi Mandvi Hostel for the hostel committee polls when Vikrant came up to me and said that Ahmed had beaten him up on seeing a red thread on his wrist. But when I went to check Ahmed in his room, I found him bleeding from his nose. When I asked what was wrong, he remained quiet." The guards reached the spot 10 to 15 minutes after the incident, the students told WION. Najeeb was reportedly dragged to the washroom where he was thrashed again by the ABVP boys. The G4S security guards, who normally record such incidents, did not do so this time. The warden of the hostel, Sushil Kumar, intervened and took the men to the investigation room, where Ahmed was accused for the incident. A letter signed by different stakeholders, including the JNUSU (Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union) president Mohit Pandey, endorsed the decision of the warden to expel Ahmed from the hostel. Talking to WION, Sushil Kumar said, "I held him guilty on account of the witnesses present in that room who stated that Najeeb had sought forgiveness by folding his hands." However, Najeeb's supporters believe that the witnesses cannot be believed since they are from the ABVP. "The witnesses in the room belonged to the ABVP, the warden did not take this into cognisance. Besides, Ahmed merely folding his hands in front of people who were thrashing him does not prove his guilt," a student who was present when the incident took place told WION. Following this, Ahmed called up his mother who lives in Uttar Pradesh and asked her to come to Delhi. She last spoke to Ahmed on the morning of October 15 when she reached Delhi, but was unable to find Najeeb in his hostel on the same day. Ahmed's disappearance from the university has stoked fresh political protest on the campus. Students from different Left, Dalit and Muslim organisations are accusing the ABVP of having deliberately created a situation of communal discord in a bid to polarise students on the basis of religion. The ABVP, however, has accused Left organisations of giving the incident a communal colour. Heba Ahmed, a student and activist of YFDA (Youth Forum for Discussions and Welfare Activities), a non-political group for Muslim students of JNU, said, "The pattern of ABVP-RSS-BJP constructing a discourse of Hindu victimhood is again at work. This time, instead of targeting a Dalit student, they have made a frontal attack on a Muslim. They chose their target for the lynch mob carefully: a Muslim student who is new on campus, and is friendless and defenceless. ABVP has alleged that Najeeb made a religiously motivated attack on their cadre campaigning for hostel elections. The fact that Najeeb was brutally lynched, even in front of the hostel warden, has been twisted and erased. The fact that a graffiti saying, 'Muslims Are Terrorists', 'Pakistani Mullah Go Back' have been left in the common room and the washroom of Mahi-Mandavi Hostel is being completely ignored by the administration. That even now the hostel in question resembles a war zone in which Muslim students still feel intimidated and threatened is not being considered. The administration has consistently refused to file an official complaint in this matter." Saurabh Sharma, an ABVP activist and former JNUSU office-holder, told WION, "Our concern is that Najeeb should be found out and petty politics over the incident should end. It is absurd to hear that ABVP guys thrashed Najeeb, it is far from the truth. The matter had been resolved then and we have no role in his disappearance from the campus. Thousands of students from Jamia and Aligarh Muslim University are being mobilised. What does this indicate?" Commenting on the politics of the entire episode, he said that a situation of panic and fear was being created in the country before the elections in Uttar Pradesh like was created before the Bihar elections on account of the lynching of Akhlaq in Dadri. Amid all the tension that has gripped JNU, Najeeb's mother sits outside the university's administrative block, waiting for her son to come back. (WION)

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