CBI can file closure report on missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, says HC

The court said if Najeeb's mother wanted the status report of the probe, she would have to move the trial court

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Photo of Jawaharlal Nehru University campus.
Photo of Jawaharlal Nehru University campus.

The Monday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a closure report in the case related to missing student

The bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel said Ahmed's mother, who had moved the court for a direction to the police to trace her son, could raise her grievances before the trial court where the report was filed.

The court said if Najeeb's mother wanted the status report of the probe, she would have to move the trial court.

Ahmed had gone missing from the Mahi-Mandvi hostel of the (JNU) here on October 15, 2016, following a scuffle with some students allegedly affiliated to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) the previous night.

First Published: Mon, October 08 2018. 10:55 IST