Do everything possible to get the missing JNU student”, Delhi High Court on Thursday told police and directed that Najeeb Ahmad’s roommate and the nine suspects in the case be subjected to lie-detector test.
Meanwhile, Najeeb’s roommate Mohammad Qasim who was to undergo Polygraph Test on Thursday backed out at the last moment. Qasim had given his consent to the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Tuesday. A senior Crime Branch official said they will wait for the consent of all the students and then conduct the tests on them.
Earlier in the day, a double Bench of Justice G S Sistani and Justice Jayant Nath, however, made it clear to the Delhi Police that they will only subject the suspects to the test after getting their consent.
“Why should anybody, who is related to the case, shy away from helping in the investigationIJ We do not want to give concession to anyone, whether it is the family members, friends or Najeeb’s roommate. lie-detector test should take place, as everybody will have to work on this case.
“The police will conduct the test expeditiously and as soon as possible and file their status report before January 23 next year. We further expect that police would do everything possible to get the boy and even search the suspects’ native places using sniffer dogs,” the court said.
“We want that something substantial comes out of the effort we all are involved in, before the next date of hearing,” it said.
Najeeb has been missing since October 15 after a scuffle at his hostel allegedly with ABVP students the previous night.
A reward of Rs 10 lakh has been announced by police on any information about Najeeb, who has remained untraced even after 69 days of the incident.
The court’s direction came after it was informed by senior standing counsel Rahul Mehra that Najeeb’s roommate Mohd Qasim had initially given his consent for the lie- detector test, but did not turn up.
To this, senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, submitted that Qasim will undergo the lie-detector test only after the nine suspects undergo the process.