JNU Probe Finds ABVP Member Guilty of Assaulting Najeeb Ahmed

Vikrant Kumar has been found to be involved in hitting Najeeb on October 14, a night before Najeeb went missing.

The university has point-wise listed the sequence of events beginning from the brawl. (Photo: PTI)

A proctorial enquiry by Jawaharlal Nehru University has found ABVP member Vikrant Kumar guilty of assaulting Najeeb Ahmed during a brawl, following which the latter went missing over a month ago.

In the proctorial enquiry, Vikrant Kumar has been found to be involved in hitting Najeeb Ahmed and using derogatory language with provocative behaviour on 14 October. This is an act of indiscipline and misconduct

Official Order of JNU Proctorial Board 

Meanwhile, ABVP has come out in Vikrant's support and accused the university administration of being ‘biased’.

The proctor has taken deposition of those students into account who were not even present there. Not only is the enquiry biased, but even the administration is siding with the left-dominated students union.

Saurabh Sharma, ABVP Member

Twenty-seven year old Najeeb was a student of School of Biotechnology and a native of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh and went missing on 15 October. He went missing following an on-campus scuffle allegedly with the members of ABVP, including Vikrant, the night before. Vikrant has been asked to explain why disciplinary action should not be initiated against him.

Earlier, Delhi Police Had Announced Reward of Rs 5 Lakh

Over a month after Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed went missing, the Delhi Police has raised the reward for information on his whereabouts from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.

The amount had been earlier raised from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh, and then from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh. Moreover, the JNU administration on Tuesday denied permission to its student body to hold “Chalo JNU” protest at the varsity campus.

The reason cited for denying the permission was the anticipated “unrest and security concerns, ANI reported.

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The administration issued a circular as reported by The Times of India, which said that the event has been organised “without any prior permission from the competent authority of the university. In this call, a large number of outsiders are anticipated to participate which may create unrest and a security threat inside the campus. Hence, JNUSU is advised not to hold this gathering.”

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On 14 October, Najeeb Ahmed — an MSc Biotechnology student — allegedly slapped an ABVP member campaigning for hostel elections and later went missing.

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Since then, the students, along with Najeeb’s mother and sister, have been protesting at the campus against the alleged police inaction and demanding the arrest of ABVP members.

(With inputs from The Times of India, The Indian Express and ANI)