New Delhi: The national capital that has been witnessing a series of agitations in the past few days was scene to another round of protests and detention on Sunday as cops forcibly dispersed a march by students of JNU against the disappearance of their colleague Najeeb Ahmed.
Delhi Police detained around 200 JNU students besides the mother and sister of the missing student and the plot thickened with state chief minister Arvind Kejriwal following the cops to the Mayapuri police station where the mother was being kept.
HERE'S A TIMELINE:
OCT 14: Three students, Vikrant Kumar, Ankit Kumar and Sunil Pratap allegedly got involved in a brawl with Najeeb Ahmed when they were campaigning at 11.30pm.
The altercation is said to have taken place in room number 106 of Mahi-Mandvi Hostel where Najeeb had moved in, only 20 days before the incident.
OCT 15: Najeeb Ahmed goes missing. He leaves behind all his belongings, including, mobile phone, wallet, clothes and keys.
The only information the police has is of someone informing them that he was seen leaving the campus in an auto-rickshaw.
OCT 16: Police announce a reward of Rs 50,000 for any information regarding Najeeb's disappearance.
OCT 17: JNUSU held a protest and demanded that the police and JNU administration take steps to find him.
OCT 18: Nearly 700 students took out a protest marched from JNU to the Vasant Kunj police station demanding a faster investigation. They also registered an fir against the students who had allegedly thrashed Najeeb.
OCT 18: JNU vice-chancellor and top brass meet Najeeb’s family and assure them he will be traced.
OCT 19: JNU teachers' association staged a protest, and accused the administration of failing to 'safeguard the interests of the university, its students and members.” The association also demanded Najeeb's safe return.
OCT 19: The vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar and other officials were confined on the premises by a section of students. Students had not allowed the VC and about 12 other officials to come out of the building since the afternoon of October 18.
OCT 28: Najeeb’s mother Fatima at a media briefing said, “we have lost all faith in the university administration.”
OCT 31: The mother of missing Najeeb Ahmed meets Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who assured that his government will use all its resources to trace her son.
NOV 3: Across party lines, political leaders – Arvind Kejriwal, Prakash Karat, Shashi Tharoor, Digvijaya Singh, and others, visit the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus to extend their support to the students and the family of najeeb ahmed.
NOV 6: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met President Pranab Mukherjee on November 6. President Pranab has promised to seek report from MHA on missing JNU student.
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