Hindustan Times (Delhi)

Crime branch sleuths quiz Najeeb’s friend from AMU

- Press Trust of India htreporter­s@hindustant­imes.com

NEW DELHI: Unable to trace a clue about JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing for over a hundred days now, the Delhi Crime Branch on Thursday questioned a friend of his who had studied with him in Aligarh Muslim University and joined the probe on his own.

“As part of our ongoing efforts, we have started calling close friends and relatives who may throw some light or help in getting some clue about Najeeb’s whereabout­s,” said a senior police officer.

“Today, a man was questioned in connection with the case. He was studying with Najeeb at Aligarh Muslim University from 2008 to 2010. We were searching for him in his native town Farukkhaba­d but we got to know that he is studying in Jamia and today he came on his own to join the probe,” said a source privy to the probe.

Sources said that Najeeb’s friends and relatives have been served notices under section 160 CrPc to help in the probe, even as the police told Delhi High Court earlier this week that they did not turn up to assist in the probe.

Even though Najeeb and his friend were studying different subjects, they were quite close and today he was questioned by Crime Branch sleuths who are investigat­ing the case.

When Crime Branch had begun the investigat­ion, they had traced an auto driver who had dropped Najeeb at Jamia Millia Islamia after picking up from JNU. The student is being questioned in this regard, the source said.

Last week, a man was arrested

He studied with Najeeb at Aligarh Muslim University from 2008 to 2010. We were searching for him in his native town Farukkhaba­d but we got to know that he is studying in Jamia. He came on his own to join the probe.

A POLICE OFFICER

for allegedly making a ransom call to missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed’s relatives demanding `20 lakh for his release.

The accused, Shameem (19), has been taken to Gorakhpur to recover the SIM cards that he had used to make calls to Najeeb’s family.

Shameem was arrested last week from Maharajgan­j UP and was brought to Delhi today and put through sustained interrogat­ion by Crime Branch sleuths.

On January 23, Delhi Police claimed that nine JNU students DEBEN BORA, Jakhalaban­dha police station in-charge

carcass.

Police said Ali and Sema have confessed to the crime.

“Both of them have past cases of poaching registered against them. The photos helped us nab them and also prove their involvemen­t in this particular case,” said Borah.

Kaziranga national park, which is home to nearly 2,400 rhinos, saw the killing of 18 of the endangered species last year. Since 2001, a total of 245 rhinos have fallen prey to poachers’ bullets in the park, a Unesco world heritage site. who were served notices to join the probe have not joined it despite being sent reminders and are not even responding to phone calls and messages.

Mohd Qasim, Najeeb’s roommate, has not given his consent for the lie-detector test despite agreeing to it earlier, it told the Delhi High Court.

More than 600 Delhi Police personnel, assisted by sniffer dogs, had scanned the sprawling JNU campus for two days last month but could not find any clues of the missing student.

Last year, in November, a guard at JNU’s Mahi Mandavi Hostel where Najeeb was staying had received a letter a few days ago which stated that the student was being held captive in Aligarh. However, on verificati­on, the letter was found to be bogus.

Najeeb has been missing since October 15 after a scuffle at his hostel allegedly with ABVP students on the night of October 14. A reward of `10 lakh has been announced by Delhi Police on any informatio­n about Najeeb.

Both of them have past cases of poaching registered against them. The photos helped us nab them and also prove their involvemen­t in this particular case.

They would print two as well as three dimensiona­l pictures of the apartments on brochures and the website to give people a better idea of “their future homes”, Agarwal said.

Buyers would get nearly a month to complete the formalitie­s and submit applicatio­ns, the scrutiny of which would take another month.

“The agency may start giving possession around JulySeptem­ber by which the unfinished civil work and services in the colonies will be completed,” he said.

The flats are spread across the city in places such as Sarita Vihar and Jasola in south Delhi, Dwarka in southwest, Pitampura and Rohini in northwest, Dilshad Garden in northeast, Paschim Vihar in the west and Mukherjee Nagar in the north.

Out of the 13,000 house, 350 are two-room middle income group (MIG) flats. The remaining are either lower income group flats (LIG) flats or Janata flats.

 ??  ?? Najeeb Ahmed, a student of JNU, had gone missing from the campus after an altercatio­n. ARVIND YADAV/HT FILE PHOTO
Najeeb Ahmed, a student of JNU, had gone missing from the campus after an altercatio­n. ARVIND YADAV/HT FILE PHOTO

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