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JNU missing student protest: Delhi police deny manhandling protesters, Kejriwal cries foul

Protesters were detained when they along with scores of agitating students tried to take out a protest march to India Gate.

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South West Delhi Joint Commissioner of Police Deependra Pathak on Sunday came forward to defend their action of detaining Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student who was staging protest over the missing student Najeeb Ahmed, saying none of the students was mishandled and actions was taken within the frameworks of law.

‘No one has been manhandled and no force has been used against anyone. Adequate male and female police was there. Within the parameters of law we handled the entire situation,’ he said. 
Pathak further said that few protesters were removed and taken to police station, they were later sent back to their destinations , including Najeeb Ahmed's mother.

On Sunday, the Delhi Police detained JNU students who were staging protest against the authorities at the India Gate here for not taking firm steps to locate their missing colleague Najeeb Ahmed.
Najeeb's sister Sadaf Mosharraf, who was also among those detained by the police, vented her ire at the men in uniform.

"We were protesting very peacefully but the Delhi Police detained us without any reason," she said.
Earlier, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged that the Centre was adopting 'dictatorship' policy and violating the constitutional right of an individual by adopting such measures.
"Why is the Prime Minister afraid of protests’ If one student is missing since the last 22 days then other students have the right to protest. This is their constitutional right and the government is trying to snatch their rights from them," said Kejriwal.

The Chief Minister also submitted a memorandum to the President expressing concern over the "worrisome" situation prevailing in JNU.
Delhi Police, which blocked all roads leading to the area since afternoon, said permission for the protest was not granted and that section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in the India Gate area because of Chhat Puja.
The protest comes days after Kejriwal and other opposition party leaders visited the university during a protest regarding the missing student. There, in his address to the students, Kejriwal had said "Let's sit on a protest at the India Gate".
 

Najeeb (27), a student of School of Biotechnology and a native of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, went missing on October 15 following an on-campus scuffle allegedly with the members of ABVP the night before. "The shameless Delhi Police, which failed to find Najeeb for the last 23 days, have misbehaved with Najeeb's mother. She was beaten up and dragged into the police van. His sister is also detained," said Satarupa Chakraborty, general secretary of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union.  Najeeb's family were detained at Mayapuri police station but when Kejriwal reached they had left. "Police saying she has been sent home in a police van. Will wait here till she reaches home," he tweeted.

He also vented his ire against Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying "It is obvious police doesn't act it own, it follows its bosses. Earlier Congress tortured people taking shelter behind police now Modi is doing the same. Hay lagegi apko (you will be cursed)". Meanwhile, police officials denied that agitating students or Najeeb s family were manhandled.
"During protest by JNU students today, none have been manhandled. A group of JNU students along with Najeeb's mother assembled near Archaeological Survey of India building. They were persuaded not to move towards India Gate. They didn't agree and were adamant to move ahead. They all were taken into a bus to Mayapuri police station. Fatima Nafees was duly attended to by lady Police officers and dropped at her place of stay," a police statement said.

Alleging inaction on part of the administration, JNU Student's Union (JNUSU) has been agitating against Najeeb's disappearance from campus.
The protesting students had even confined the Vice Chancellor (VC) and other senior officials in the administrative building for over 20 hours last week. Following directives from the Union Home Ministry, Delhi Police formed a special investigation team (SIT) to trace the missing student.
 

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