A statement issued by the varsity administration read: “The Office of the Chief Proctor has submitted its Proctorial Inquiry Report on the incident of Mahi-Mandavi Hostel.
Almost two months after the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed went missing following an altercation with some ABVP members, the varsity administration on Thursday said the proctorial inquiry report has identified the students involved in the scuffle. The report also recommended that strong warning be issued against the students involved, even as Najeeb’s family and protesting students called it yet another attempt to “shield” the attackers.
A statement issued by the varsity administration read: “The Office of the Chief Proctor has submitted its Proctorial Inquiry Report on the incident of Mahi-Mandavi Hostel. The report has identified the students involved in the reported scuffle, and has recommended their immediate transfer from their present hostel.
It has also recommended that a strong warning be issued to these students against repeating such scuffles in the future.”
It further stated: “The Vice-Chancellor has approved the report and has suggested that after Najeeb is found, the disciplinary action awarded by the Warden’s Committee for vacating the hostel premises may be revisited,” adding that the administration appeals to Najeeb to return to the campus without any “apprehension”.
“Is this what they call justice? They are trying to portray that Najeeb disappeared voluntarily. But we were expecting something like this only from them. We are not at all surprised by the statement they have issued,” said Najeeb’s sister Sadaf Musharraf.
The varsity students further said that this was the “mildest” punishment recommended for someone who nearly “lynched” a person. “Even the Delhi High Court has recognised the serious facts around the case. Still, the JNU administration is taking such a lenient view to shield the ABVP members,” said JNU Students’ Union President Mohit Pandey.
He further said the proctorial inquiry has raised several questions regarding the intentions of the varsity administration.
“Why is the report narrating the entire incident still not public?” Pandey asked, adding that they were sure that the Vice-Chancellor has tried to change the report to shield the ABVP members.
Najeeb Ahmed, 27, a resident of Badaun district in Uttar Pradesh and a first-year MSc student at JNU, has been missing since October 15 after a scuffle with some ABVP members the night before. The case has been transferred to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police.
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