October 8, 2018:

On Monday, Delhi High Court allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a Closure Report in the case of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing from the University about a years ago.

Bench of Justice S Muralidhar & Justice Vinod Goel "declined" the petiton of the missing Student's Mother, Fatima Nafees, to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) & monitor the probe, thereby removing the CBI from the investigation.

Bench said Nafees, who had moved the High Court in November 2016 seeking directions to the Police to trace her son, "can raise all contentions available to her before the Trial Court" and disposed of the petiton.

Court had reserved its verdict in the case on September 4.

CBI, which took over the probe on May 16 last year, had after more than a year of investigation said it had looked into all the aspects of the Case and was of the opinion that no offence was committed against the missing student.

On October 15, 2016 Ahmed had gone missing from the Mahi-Mandvi hostel of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here on October 15, 2016, following a scuffle with some students allegedly affiliated to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) the previous night.

Lawyer for Nafees had contended before the court that it was a "political case" and that the "CBI has succumbed to the pressure of its masters".

Nafees had moved the high court on November 25, 2016, seeking directions to the police to trace her son.

However, as the Delhi Police remained clueless about Ahmed's whereabouts even after seven months since he went missing, the probe was handed over to the CBI on May 16 last year.

Delhi Police had not opposed the handing over of the investigation in the case, saying it had done its bit in the matter.

Counsel for Nafees had earlier said 9 students were named in a complaint filed by 18 students, who were eye-witnesses to the alleged assault on Ahmed, yet they were not interrogated.

Though the 9 students named in the complaint have denied all the allegations against them.

Source: PTI

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