The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which was probing into the disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed, to submit a closure report at a trial court here.
The agency had, on last hearing, told the High Court that it wanted to file closure report stating it has not been able to trace Ahmed, who has been missing since October 15, 2016.
While allowing CBI's plea, a Bench of Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice Vinod Goel said Ahmed's mother can raise her grievances before the trial court where report is filed.
The High Court also rejected Ahmed's mother Fatima Nafees’ plea seeking a further probe by another special investigation team comprising officials not belonging to the probe agency.
The JNU student had gone missing a day after a scuffle with some students allegedly affiliated to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
The High Court had transferred the case to the CBI after Delhi police remained clueless about his whereabouts seven months after he went missing.
The CBI had submitted that it has probed all the angles and that its investigation in the case was complete.
Opposing the submission, Ahmed’s mother had said that the CBI has not probed the matter ‘in a fair manner’.
Ahmed’s mother counsel had contended that it was a “political case” and that the “CBI has succumbed to the pressure of its masters”.
On the contention of Nafees' counsel that the CBI has not conducted custodial interrogation of any suspect, the CBI counsel said it was the discretion of the agency whether to arrest a person.
Published - October 08, 2018 11:52 am IST
