The Delhi High Court on Thursday demanded an answer from the police “one way or the other” on the fate of JNU student Najeeb Ahmad, who has been missing for the past five months.
A Bench of Justices G. S. Sistani and Vinod Goel told DCP (Crime) Ramgopal Naik to “do whatever you have to do” to find the student, who has been missing since October 15. “One way or another, we want an answer. If he’s dead, say he’s dead. We won’t accept paperwork. Do whatever you have to... Find him,” the court said
“Except for paperwork, nothing else is happening. Your investigating officer [IO] is wasting time. By sending him out to check records of police stations and hospitals on the Delhi-Bareilly-Haridwar route, you are wasting public money.”
‘Cosmetic steps’
The court directed the Delhi Police to give the call records of nine students suspected to be behind Najeeb’s disappearance and listed the habeas corpus petition filed by Najeeb’s mother for March 31.
The court’s observation came after advocate Pallavi Sharma, appearing for Najeeb’s mother, contended that the steps taken by the Delhi Police to trace the student were “cosmetic” in nature and that “no serious endeavours were being made” to find him.
