NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru University campus is once again politically charged over the disappearance of a biotechnology student. 27 year old Najeeb Ahmed has been missing since October 15, following a brawl in his hostel with several ABVP activists.

Students are leading protests and marches to demand action to locate the missing student, with the JNU administration failing to respond adequately. After it was reported that Ahmed was missing, the administration took no steps to locate the student, with Ahmed’s parents now having filed a case of kidnapping and wrongful confinement at the Vasant Kunj police station. The JNU Students Union filed an additional FIR.

At the time of writing, there is no sign of Ahmed, with students continuing their protests and highlighting the complicity of the JNU administration in shielding the alleged perpetrators.


In protest, more than a thousand students marched from Ganga Dhaba to Vasant Kunj Police Station demanding Justice for Najeeb.




JNUSU President Mohit K. Pandey issued the following statement:

A protest was also planned for today, ie Tuesday, October 19.


The JNU Teachers Association issued the following statement:


The JNU administration issued a press release that was widely slammed by the students.


The ABVP have filed their own complaint with the police, and claim that Ahmed had hit an ABVP member.

As news emerged that Ahmed was missing, the JNUSU President issued the following statement that establishes the protesting students’ version of events:

“In a shocking incident, Najeeb a resident of Mahi Mandavi hostel was threatened, intimidated and gravely beaten up by a group of people mobilized towards communal hatred and violence by an ABVP activist. It is shameful how the lumpen hate-mongers of RSS-ABVP have been given a free reign to unleash their hateful and divisive propaganda in our campus!

An ABVP activist Vikrant, while on a campaign in Mahi Mandavi hostel late last Friday (14th October), had a confrontation with Najeeb. Vikrant summoned a throng of people, inciting communal hatred against Najeeb and creating an atmosphere of panic and violence. The group of goons, assembled at the beck and call of the ABVP activist, proceeded to intimidate and physically threaten and beat up Najeeb. The mob mentality incited by communal rage drove Najeeb to hide in the bathroom. As people tried to intervene and help, the lumpen group continued to hurl abuses and intimidate Najeeb. As the JNUSU President tried to accompany Najeeb to the hostel warden, the men assembled were not deterred from lashing out and hitting Najeeb, even in full view of the warden.

It is with utter sorrow and a full sense of urgency that we inform the JNU community that Najeeb has been missing since last night. His family is here trying to look for him and concerned for his whereabouts as he was already dealing with stress. They need our support and solidarity to come forward and fight against this hateful propaganda and fear. Further, we must be vigilant against the miscreants who have written on a table in the guest room of the hostel that “Muslims are terrorists”!

We demand the JNU administration to immediately file an FIR with the Delhi Police and take every step to find and bring back Najeeb. The Mahi Mandavi hostel warden, who himself was a witness to Najeeb being beaten up, must take the most stringent action against the perpetrators and bring them to task. It has been two days now and we have approached various authorities but to no avail. It is shameful that the JNU administration has not taken a single step in this regard. We will not tolerate communal hatred and violence on this campus, we will not give in to the forces trying to shrink our spaces and run our campus on their divisive whims and fancies. JNUSU appeals to the student community to remain vigilant to reject any kind of communal hatemongering and push the JNU administration to take urgent actions to immediately bring back Najeeb."

Student leader Anirban Bhattacharya posted the following to his Facebook page:


There is thus far, no sign of Ahmed.

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