Student missing from JNU campus, probe on
IGNOU SCHOLAR Police say Mukul Jain was allegedly upset over some differences with a woman he recently befriended; officials said he was seen exiting the campus from east gate
NEWDELHI: A research scholar pursuing his PHD from the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has allegedly gone missing from the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, police said on Wednesday.
The incident comes two years after Najeeb Ahmed, a JNU student, had gone missing from campus. Najeeb is still missing and his case is being probed by the CBI.
Mukul Jain, who is pursuing his research under a guide from IGNOU and a co-guide from JNU’S School of Life Sciences, was last seen on Monday. Jain used a laboratory at the JNU for his research.
“We have spoken to (his) family but they have not been able to provide much information,” said DCP (southwest) Milind Dumbere. A complaint has been filed at Vasant Kunj police station.
Police said Jain was allegedly upset over some differences with a woman he recently befriended.
“We have been told he wanted to confront the woman but was unable to contact her,” said an investigator .
CCTV footage shows Jain leaving the campus from the university’s east gate on Monday at around 12.30pm. JNU’S chief security officer Naveen Yadav said the student’s family visited the campus on Tuesday.
“The student is not registered with JNU but works under a co-guide here. The family was shown the footage in which he was seen leaving the campus on foot,” he said.
IGNOU’S research unit director Kaustuva Barik confirmed that the student was registered with the open university.