The accused was traced through his mobile location.
In a new twist in the missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed’s case, the Delhi Police on Saturday evening arrested a man accused of making a ransom call to Ahmed’s family. Police sources said that while the accused had demanded Rs 20 lakh from Ahmed’s family, he was arrested from Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The source added that while the accused was being brought to Delhi for further questioning, the accused had made the ransom call to Ahmed’s relatives in UP.
“The call was received a few days back, and the accused claimed that he had Ahmed in his custody. The accused had even threatened of grave consequences to Ahmed if the payment is not made to him immediately,” said a police officialThe official added, “It is yet to be ascertained whether it was a hoax call, made to take advantage of the grieving family or he actually had knowledge of Ahmed. He will be brought to Delhi by Sunday early morning and we will seek his remand for interrogation,” said an official.
A top source in Delhi Police said that while accused was traced through his mobile location, he had immediately switched off the mobile number from which he had made the ransom call. Ahmed, a biotechnology student at JNU, went missing on October 15 evening after a scuffle with ABVP members. An FIR for kidnapping and wrongfully confining a person was lodged at Vasant Kunj North police station on October 20, after the police received a complaint from the student's guardians.
The Delhi police has, however, been not able to make any headway in the case since then. Apart from issuing advertisements regarding the missing 27-year-old in all national dailies, the Delhi police had also increased the reward from the initial Rs 1 lakh to Rs 10 lakh recently. Meanwhile, to ensure a breakthrough in the case, the case was handed over to Crime Branch, however, all efforts have been in vain so far.
The Crime Branch had also sought permission to conduct polygraph (lie detector) test on nine JNU students, including Najeeb’s roommate Mohammad Qasim, the test is however, yet to be conducted. Earlier, the police had also written to the Facebook authorities in an attempt to get some clues in the case. Ahmed was active on the social media site till a week after he went missing. He even chatted with some of his contacts. The police are trying to get the details of the locations from where he logged on to his account. According to sources, Najeeb is an “extrovert” in the virtual world.
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