Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

CBI gives up hunt

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2016

Oct 14: Najeeb goes missing after an alleged altercatio­n with some ABVP members in JNU

Oct 20: Home Minister Rajnath Singh asks police to set up special team to find Najeeb

Oct 24: Delhi Police declares Rs 1 lakh reward for informatio­n on Najeeb Nov 25: Najeeb's mother moves Delhi HC for tracing son

Nov 28: Delhi Police raises reward for informatio­n on Najeeb to Rs 10 lakh. Dec 9: HC slams cops for failure to trace Najeeb

Dec 14 : HC orders police to scan the entire JNU campus.

Dec 19: More than 600 cops with sniffer dogs search JNU campus

Dec 22 : HC suggests conducting lie-detector test on Najeeb’s roommate and the nine suspects

2017

Jan 28, 2017: Najeeb's family alleges harassment by Delhi Police by conducting pre-dawn searches at their house at Badaun

May 15: Police files charge sheet in case related to making ransom call to relatives of Najeeb, demanding Rs 20 lakh for his release

May 16: HC transfers missing JNU student case to CBI with immediate effect

2018

May 11: Nearly a year after being handed over the probe, CBI tells HC that no evidence found to show any crime was committed

July 12: CBI tells HC it was seriously contemplat­ing filing a closure report in the case

Oct 8: Delhi High Court allows CBI to file closure report in the investigat­ion.

 ??  ?? ■ Najeeb Ahmad, then 27, had gone missing from JNU’s MahiMandav­i Hostel on October 15 two years ago. HT ARCHIVE
■ Najeeb Ahmad, then 27, had gone missing from JNU’s MahiMandav­i Hostel on October 15 two years ago. HT ARCHIVE

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