Will file a closure report in missing JNU student Najeeb's case: CBI to HC

New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it has decided to file a closure report in the case of missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who had disappeared from the varsity campus nearly two years ago.

The probe agency's submission was opposed by the counsel appearing for Ahmed's mother contending that it was a "political case" and that the "CBI has succumbed to the pressure of its masters".

The CBI's submission came during hearing on a 2016 plea by Ahmed's mother seeking directions to the police, which was earlier probing the case, to trace her son who has been missing since October of that year. The bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel reserved its verdict on the plea.

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

During the hearing, the CBI's counsel said they have not yet filed the closure report before the court concerned and wanted first to bring it to the knowledge of the high court.

The CBI submitted that it has probed all the angles left by the Delhi Police and that its investigation in the case was complete.