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JNU Chief Proctor probing Najeeb case resigns

Meanwhile later on Tuesday, the varsity appointed Vibha Tandon, a professor at the Special Centre of Molecular Medicine in JNU, as the new Chief Proctor.

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Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Chief Proctor AP Dimri, who was heading inquiries into several incidents of indiscipline in the campus, including the case of missing student Najeeb Ahmed, resigned, reportedly over “differences” with the varsity administration. 

Dimri is the second Chief Proctor to have resigned since the new Vice-Chancellor, Jagadesh Kumar, took over in January last year. He had taken over as the Chief Proctor in March 2016, after his predecessor Krishna Kumar resigned following February 9 incident, wherein anti-national slogans were allegedly raised in the campus. The incident had snowballed into a big controversy, leading to the arrest of three students, including the then Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar.

Meanwhile later on Tuesday, the varsity appointed Vibha Tandon, a professor at the Special Centre of Molecular Medicine in JNU, as the new Chief Proctor.

Dimri was leading the proctorial committee inquiring the involvement of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members in the Najeeb case. He had recently sent showcause notices to at least four ABVP members for allegedly assaulting Najeeb a day before he went missing. The first-year MSc student has been missing since October 15 last year, following an altercation with ABVP activists the night before.

The reason behind Dimri’s sudden resignation could not be ascertained. While some varsity officials said he resigned due to “differences” with the administration, others are saying he was overburdened with work. Dimri himself refused to comment over the issue and his resignation letter did not mention any reason as well.

“He was heading an inquiry into several cases, including Najeeb Ahmed’s mysterious disappearance and suspension of eight varsity students for disrupting the Academic Council meeting. He had some differences with the administration,” said a senior varsity official. 

Another official said: “Dimri is a very busy academician. He was overburdened with work. On the one hand, he was busy with his academic work, and on the other hand, he had to look after so many incidents of indiscipline in the campus.”

Meanwhile, the Students’ Union members claimed that this was yet another attempt by the varsity administration to curb the voice raised against Najeeb’s assaulters. “Dimri was slammed by the V-C after he declared some ABVP members guilty of assaulting Najeeb. The V-C even asked him to make the proctorial report in the case public,” Students’ Union President Mohit Pandey said.

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