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UP Police files FIR against Najeeb's mother, brother

Instead of filing FIR against the perpetrators of my son, they are again harassing us. I'm not afraid of anything now: Fatima Nafees

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On January 28 Uttar Pradesh and Delhi Police carried out a joint raid at Najeeb Ahmed’s uncle’s house in Badaun, where the ‘Insaaf March’ was held on February 8
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Four months after Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed went missing under mysterious circumstances, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police on Friday registered a case against his mother, brother, two JNU students and 150 others for holding a protest—'Insaaf March'— over his disappearance in Badaun, on Wednesday.

According to the police, a case has been registered against missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed's mother Fatima Nafees, brother Mujeeb Ahmed, JNU Students' Union President —Mohit Pandey—, Students Islamic Organisation of India leader Nahas Mala, and 150 others under section 144 (joining unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for organising a protest march in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh on February 8.

Calling it an another attempt to harass Najeeb's family, his mother Fatima Nafees said, "Instead of filing FIR against the perpetrators of my son, they are again harassing us. I'm not afraid of anything now. I have gone through so much that these cheap tactics by the police don't affect me anymore."

Najeeb Ahmed, 27, a first year MSc student at JNU, went missing on October 15 2016, following a scuffle with some Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members on the night before.

"UP police should be ashamed of filing an FIR against Najeeb's family. They couldn't do anything to ease their pain. All they are doing is targeting those who are demanding justice for him,' said Mohit Pandey, JNU Students' Union President.

On January 28, UP Police along with Delhi Police had carried out a search at Najeeb's uncle's house in Badaun. "First they tried to harass us by raiding our houses and now they are filing cases against our family members. This is highly condemnable," Najeeb's sister Sadaf Musharraf said.

Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the police to conduct polygraph test of persons connected with Najeeb's case saying "no other lead have yielded any result."

"The student had gone missing in October 2016. Nearly four months have gone by and none of the leads are going anywhere. We have asked for a polygraph test as the other leads have not yielded any results," said a bench of justices —GS Sistani and Vinod Goel —while hearing an application by one of the nine students, who are suspects in the case.

March to Parliament

JNU students led by the varsity's students' union continued their sit-in inside the administrative building for the second day against the UGC May 2016 notification, which makes viva the major criterion for admission in MPhil and Ph.D, and also reduction in seats for admission. "We will not budge from the spot without meeting the Vice-Chancellor over the notification which is completely anti-students," said Satarupa Chakraborty, Students' Union leader. Later in the day, the JNU Teachers' Association (JNUTA) alongwith students held a protest march against the notification and announced to hold a march to Parliament on February 14th.

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