Missing JNU student says she had 'gone out'

A 26-year-old JNU PhD scholar, who had gone missing on March 11, informed her parents today that she was fine and had "gone out", police said.

The matter came to light after her family lodged a complaint on March 12 at the Vasant Kunj police station, they said.

"The missing student has said that she had gone out on her own. She is fine," said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Southwest, Milind Dumbere.

She is in Lucknow. The woman was constantly being contacted on her cell phone by police officials but it was switched off, another officer said.

However, she contacted the Inspector investigating the case after she switched on her phone and found several calls and messages from the officer, police said.

She informed the personnel that she is fine and had left on her own.

The inspector also asked her to inform her family members that she is fine. Subsequently, she informed her parents too.

The woman had spoken to her family on March 10 but from March 11, her phone was switched off, they said.

Police said that after her family's attempts to trace her did not yield result, they approached them with a complaint.

The matter is being probed, they said.