New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday ordered Delhi Police to set up a special team to trace a missing JNU student even as its Vice Chancellor and some other top officials were allowed to leave their offices after being under siege by agitating students for over 20 hours.
The agitating students, who have been accusing the JNU administration of not doing enough to trace missing student Najeeb Ahmed, said they have not softened their stand and allowed VC M Jagadesh Kumar and others to leave their offices only to attend a scheduled meeting of the Academic Council.
As the students’ protest over the missing student entered the sixth day, the Home Minister directed the Delhi Police to set up a special team to trace Najeeb who went missing on Saturday following a brawl with a group of ABVP supporters in a JNU hostel.
Singh called up the Commissioner of Delhi Police and gave the instruction to set up the special team.
The students did not allow the VC and around 12 other officials to come out of the administrative building since on Wednesday afternoon as part of their protest though mediapersons were allowed to go inside it.
JNU teachers association, which have been supportive of the students on most of the issues, criticised the confinement of the VC and others. The VC had this morning warned the students of strict action over the “illegal confinement”.–PTI
