JNU issues 25-pt bulletin on missing student
Teachers allege varsity denying that Najeeb was attacked; students protest
JNU issued a 25-point bulletin on Wednesday in connection with the case of student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing for the last 12 days from the campus.
However, the varsity’s teachers association fumed over the administration selectively omitting the fact that he was attacked during a brawl a night before.
The university has pointwise listed the sequence of events beginning from the brawl. According to the bulletin, the hostel warden had submitted a report of the student brawl stating “Najeeb had slapped Vikrant of the ABVP without any provocation and the issue was resolved by the warden with some disciplinary measures as Najeeb had admitted his mistake of initiating the brawl”.
Jnuta took strong exception to the bulletin issued by the university and issued a statement saying that the summary does not even mention beating of Najeeb by a group of students, a fact which has not only been in public domain but also mentioned by the warden in his statement who was an eyewitness.
“Such omission appears to be deliberate and could put serious questions on objectivity of the enquiry process. We are deeply worried if there is any attempt to give clean-chit in advance to those who are out there to bring mob violence in JNU. Acts of intended omission and commission will not bring any good to university and slowly all sections will lose faith in administration” it added.
Meanwhile, around hundred of students tried to block the Nelson Mandela Marg Wednesday evening to protest against non-highlighting of the fact that Najeeb was also beaten up.
“It is a festival time and the stretch witnesses increased vehicular traffic in the evening. We tried to explain the students, but they refused to listen following which we had to detain around 40 of them while the rest escaped,” a senior police official said.
JNUSU has been agitating alleging inaction on the administration’s part. The students had even confined the V-C and other senior officials in the administrative building for over 20 hours last week.