Two Kashmiri students, who were held guilty by the high-level enquiry committee of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) of raising anti national slogans, have been missing ever since the controversial event on February 9. The event to commemorate the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru had generated immense heat in the country after those participating in the event, raised anti-national slogans.
The two Kashmiri students have been identified as Mujeeb Gatto and Mohammad Qadeer, who were alleged to have been part of anti-national sloganeering and are missing from the campus. Their rooms locked since February 9, said a highly placed source. Also, the investigation taken up by the Delhi Police has come under the lens as the whereabouts of the duo are not known so far.
Gatto, staying at room number 137 of Cauvery Hostel was mentioned in the report as the one ‘participating in the sloganeering’ (As per Q8 Video Clip at 0:00:34-0:00:59, as authenticated by Truth labs. Besides, Qadeer was mentioned as the one last seen close to Gatto, in the ‘close proximity’ of the outsiders. Qadeer used to stay at room number 221 of lohit Hostel.
Gatto is said to be the student of social science and had joined JNU in 2012 with no political agenda. Qadeer, whereas, is alleged to be an active member of the All India Students’ Association (AISA).
Sources from the University told that both these Kashmiri students are missing from their respective hostels and no particular investigation have been taken up against them even after their names in the report. The Delhi Police has further failed to identify the masked outsiders mentioned in the university report and also not been able to trace Qadeer and Gatto. The report mentions that other than Khalid and Bhattacharya, there were nine students who participated in the sloganeering.
The report pointed out that slogans like “Kashmir ke log sangharsh karo hum tumhare saath hain”, “Afzal Guru Zindabad, Cheen ke lenge Azaadi”, “Manipur maange Azaadi”, “Nagaland maange Azaadi”, “Kashmir maange Azaadi” “Kashmir ki Azaadi tak jung rahegi jung rahegi”, “Hindustan ki barbadi tak, jung rahegi jung rahegi”, “Hum kya mange azaadi, bandook se lenge azaadi”, “Cheen ke lenge azaadi”, “Ek Afzal maroge, har ghar se Afzal niklega” etc were shouted in the JNU premises on February 9, 2016.