Najeeb Ahmed Missing Case: After Nine Years, Delhi Court Allows CBI to Shut Case of JNU Student
- On June 30, the Rouse Avenue Court accepted the CBI’s closure report, nearly nine years after Najeeb Ahmed went missing, with liberty to reopen if new evidence emerges.
- Following the 2016 incident, Delhi Police transferred the case to the CBI, which closed its investigation in 2018 after finding no leads despite extensive efforts.
- During extensive searches, over 500 officers questioned 26 witnesses, but no conclusive link to Najeeb Ahmed’s disappearance was found, despite evidence of assault support.
- The court expressed regret that closure eludes Najeeb Ahmed’s mother, while public anger among activists reignites over perceived justice failures.
- The Delhi court allowed the CBI to reopen the case if credible new evidence emerges, maintaining the agency's obligation to inform the court of any such leads.
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Delhi court accepts CBI closure report 9 years after JNU’s Najeeb went missing
NEW DELHI: Nearly nine years after Najeeb Ahmed, a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student, went missing, a Delhi court has accepted the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) closure report in the case. Najeeb, an MSc student, went missing from JNU on October 15, 2016 soon after he was allegedly assaulted by students affiliated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Najeeb wa…
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Monday accepted the closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) alumnus Najeeb Ahmed.
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