Najeeb Ahmed went missing on October 15 evening after a scuffle with ABVP members.
Passions are flaring up on campus as JNU student Najeeb Ahmed remains missing for the eighth consecutive day. The Delhi Police now fear that the issue may take a communal turn in the university.
According to a report of the Delhi Police’s Special Branch, there are chances that political parties prevalent on the JNU campus may try to polarise the matter. This, they say, can lead to communal tension.
“It is pertinent to mention that the student involved in this issue, Vikrant, belongs to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) organisation and Najeeb belongs to religious minority community. As a result, this incident can flare up into a communal issue. Presently, JNUSU (Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union) is dominated by students from different left leaning organisations and in recent elections they formed an alliance against ABVP,” read the report.
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 report comes amidst ongoing protests and mudslinging by the political parties. It also says that while the JNU administration has taken a note of the entire situation, no action has been taken yet.
The report further adds, “Keeping in view the overall situation in the campus and the student sentiments there are chances, different student and political organisation may try to mobilise and polarise supporters on this issue. Moreover, the media may also give the matter larger coverage through a communal lens.”
The sudden disappearance of the student has led to severe tension on campus with students leading continuous protests and demanding immediate action in the issue. The agitated students had even locked-in the authority officials including vice-chancellor Jagadesh Kumar and other university officials, keeping them confined to the administrative block for over 20 hours.
The protest by the students had also led Union Home minister Rajnath Singh to direct the Delhi police to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to trace the missing student.
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