Protests in JNU after student goes missing

Students from Jawaharlal Nehru University gathered outside the campus's main gate late Sunday night demanding the administration immediately file a police case over a student of the university who allegedly went missing. According to the protesting students, Najeeb, a first-year MSc biotechnology student went missing from campus around 36 hours ago, after he was beaten by some students inside the Mahi Mandavi Hostel.

JNUSU President Mohit Pandey - who was reportedly present at the time - said that an ABVP student physically threatened and intimidated the student. Pandey further claimed that a group of goons hit the student in front of the warden and that the boy had been missing since then.

A statement by JNUSU said: “We demand the JNU administration immediately file an FIR. The Mahi Mandavi Hostel warden who himself was a witness to the incident must take stringent action in this regard to bring the culprits to task.”

Meanwhile, the student’s family has lodged a missing complaint and the University Procter has assured that ' the administration will look into the matter on Monday'.