Ghazanfar Abbas, IndiaTomorrow.net,
New Delhi, Oct 16: More than two hours after being detained for protesting outside the Delhi High Court, missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed’s mother Fatima Nafees and around two dozen other students and activists were released from the Tilak Nagar Police Station.
They were detained as they were protesting against the CBI for the slow probe in the one-year mysterious disappearance case of Najeeb. Hearing in the habeas corpus filed by Fatima in Oct last year was scheduled in the High Court today. Protest demonstration near the Delhi High Court is prohibited.
Najeeb, 27, went missing from his Room No. 106 of Mahi Mandvi hostel of JNU on 15th October 2016, just a day after an alleged scuffle with some students of the university – they were also members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Eyewitness and some residents of the hostel alleged that during the scuffle on 14th Oct night, Najeeb was assaulted by a group of 15-20 students.
