Team meets students who had witnessed Najeeb's scuffle with ABVP activists a night before he vanished
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday to probe 27-year-old student Najeeb Ahmed's mysterious disappearance from his hostel in October last year.
The agency said that its team visited the campus to probe the events that unfolded in Mahi Mandvi Hostel before the MSc student went missing after being allegedly thrashed by some members of the RSS-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) a night before.
The incident triggered massive protests by students.
JNU sources said that the team members met eyewitnesses who submitted their testimony in Ahmed's case.
"They met students who had witnessed the scuffle in the hostel on the night of October 14, 2016," a source said.
"They also met the suspects who were named by the eyewitnesses and Ahmed's family," he said.
Ahmed's mother Fatima Nafees also met CBI officials recently and submitted her statement regarding the disappearance of her son from Room number 106.
The agency had on June 1 filed a case of "kidnapping for secret and wrongful confinement" against unknown persons.
Nafees had approached the Delhi High Court demanding a CBI inquiry into Ahmed's case after the Delhi Police failed to find him.
The CBI took over the probe after the court's directions in April.
The court also rebuked the police for wasting time.
The police set up a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to trace the student last year, and transferred the case to the Crime Branch after it could not find him.
The police also announced Rs 10 lakh for information that could help locate him after directions from Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
The police first announced a reward of Rs 50,000, which was then increased to Rs1 lakh, Rs 2 lakh and subsequently to Rs 10 lakh.
The Crime Branch had managed to trace the auto-rickshaw driver who reportedly took Ahmed from JNU.
The clue, however, could not help them trace Ahmed's location.
A thorough search using sniffer dogs and police horses on the campus was also carried out for two days.
More than 600 police personnel, 20 inspectors, 16 ACP-rank officers and two DCPs were part of the operation.
But in the end, the police could not trace the student.
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The police's inefficacy has ensured that not a single clue has been found regarding Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing for months.
Now, all hopes lie with the CBI, which should leave no stone unturned to unravel the unfortunate case.
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