AMU students seek CBI probe into JNU student's disappearance

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Press Trust of India Aligarh
Last Updated : Dec 28 2016 | 1:02 PM IST
AMU Students' Union today demanded a CBI inquiry into the mysterious disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who has remained untraced for 74 days.
In a memorandum sent to President Pranab Mukherjee, the union alleged that instead of trying to trace Ahmed, police was harassing the family of the missing student and shielding criminals.
Ahmed, an MSc Biotechnology student, went missing on October 15 after a scuffle, allegedly with ABVP affiliated students at his hostel inside the JNU campus.
His mother Fatima Nafees and sister Sadaf were detained by police when they along with scores of agitating students tried to take out a protest march to India Gate in New Delhi on November 6. Fatima was virtually dragged into a bus by police along with other students.
The memorandum said the same forces which had compelled Dalit student Rohit Vemula to commit suicide in Hyderabad earlier this year were behind Ahmed's disappearance.
AMU students led by their union president Faizul Hasan held a demonstration here yesterday and threatened to intensify their stir if government did not fulfil their demand.
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) has also asserted that they will continue with their protest on the issue.
Delhi Police has announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for information about Ahmed, while the Crime Branch is trying to trace him without any success so far.

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First Published: Dec 28 2016 | 1:02 PM IST

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