10 Days After Najeeb Went Missing, Cops Raise Reward to Rs 1 Lakh

JNU students staged a march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar demanding expedited efforts to trace Najeeb.

Members of JNUSU and other students organisations shout slogans during a protest march over missing of JNU student Najeeb, in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

With no trace of the missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed for over 10 days, Delhi Police on Monday announced an increase in reward – from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh – for any information leading to him, even as agitating students knocked at the doors of Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung over the issue.

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Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar met Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar over the missing student issue, on Monday.

In an official statement, the university said:

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The Vice Chancellor and the Rector expressed the JNU community’s anguish over the missing JNU student and appealed to the Police Commissioner to expedite and strengthen the search for Najeeb. They were told that the police department has taken several serious steps to find him and has decided to increase the amount of reward for information regarding Najeeb from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.

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Meanwhile, JNU students staged a march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar demanding expedited efforts to trace the student. A delegation of JNU students union went to submit a memorandum to the office of Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung in this regard.

The agitating students were joined by Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja at Jantar Mantar, who also consoled the aggrieved family of Najeeb.

A student of the School of Biotechnology, Najeeb Ahmed, went missing on last Saturday following a brawl on the campus allegedly with members of ABVP, the night before.