With no trace of the missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed for over 10 days, Delhi Police on Monday announced an increase in reward – from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh – for any information leading to him, even as agitating students knocked at the doors of Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung over the issue.
Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar met Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar over the missing student issue, on Monday.
In an official statement, the university said:
Meanwhile, JNU students staged a march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar demanding expedited efforts to trace the student. A delegation of JNU students union went to submit a memorandum to the office of Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung in this regard.
The agitating students were joined by Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja at Jantar Mantar, who also consoled the aggrieved family of Najeeb.
A student of the School of Biotechnology, Najeeb Ahmed, went missing on last Saturday following a brawl on the campus allegedly with members of ABVP, the night before.
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