Missing JNU student case: Delhi Police rapped for slow progress, ordered to conduct polygraph on suspects

The Delhi Police on Friday was pulled up by the High Court over their slow progress in the case of Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for over four months now.

The Delhi High Court asked the Delhi Police to explore other prospects of probe like polygraph test of other persons connected with the disappeared of Ahmed, as all other leads in this case have not yielded any good result.

"The student had gone missing in October 2016, it is February now. Nearly four months have gone by and none of the leads are going anywhere. We asked for polygraph test as the other leads have not yielded any results," the Court observed.

The High Court was hearing an application by one of the nine students, who are suspects in the case, seeking recall of the High Court's order dated 14th December and 22nd December 2016.

The application had alleged that by means of these two orders the court was regulating the manner of investigation which was prejudicing the probe and violating their rights under Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution.

The applicant had also challenged a notice issued to him by the Delhi Police to appear before the trial court on Friday to give consent for lie-detector test.

Delhi Government's counsel opposed the application, stating that the same student had moved a similar plea through another lawyer earlier and the High Court on 23rd January had disposed it off by asking the student to come forward.

Next date of hearing on 13rd February 2017.