Fatima Nafees, mother of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmad along with a group of supporters and left students from JNU staged a protest near the CBI headquarters at Delhi on Monday. This came ahead of the hearing of the missing Najeeb’s case in the Delhi High Court. Police pushed back the protesters, who tried to remove barricades and lay seige at the two gates of the CBI building.
“I’m not alone, the entire Hindustan is watching this and is supporting me. People of all religions and brothers and sisters all are with me. You cannot continue this attitude anymore,” said Nafees addressing the people who had gathered for the demonstration on the eve of the court hearing.
The protesters and the Delhi Police personnel were involved in scuffles for over two hours after the demonstration began around 3 pm. Around 6 pm, some of the protesters squatted near the main entrance and stopped officials from exiting. They were later removed by police.
“No one was detained. Most protesters dispersed by evening and only a few were left at the site,” a senior police official said. The court had in December last year directed the CBI to expedite the forensic analysis of the seized electronic devices and listed the matter for further hearing on February 27.
A cousin of Najeeb, Sadaf Musharraf said they would not disperse until they get a concrete response from the CBI.
“We do not have any option other than doing this,” Musharaff said. Najeeb (27), a student of M.Sc Biotechnology, went missing from the Mahi-Mandvi hostel of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on October 15, 2016. Najeeb had an altercation allegedly with a group of students. After over a month had passed since Najeeb went missing, his mother, Fatima Nafees, moved the Delhi High Court, seeking directions to the police to trace her son.