Missing JNU student: Over 600 cops, sniffer dogs on Campus to search for Najeeb

More than six hundred Delhi Police personnel assisted by sniffer dogs scanned the inhabited and forested areas of the sprawling JNU campus on Monday to search for clues that could help them trace MSc student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing for over two months now.

The men and women of Delhi Police began their search around 11 am under the supervision of DCP (Crime Branch) G Ram Gopal Naik. A team visited Mahi-Mandvi hostel where Najeeb stayed and took help of sniffer dogs who smelled Najeeb's clothes.

The sniffer dogs failed to make any headway and stopped after circling around in the hostel.

All agencies of Delhi Police including Special Cell, Special Branch and the local police pooling more than 600 personnel scanned the hostels, residential areas, academic blocks and forested area today till 5 pm. Help of Mounted Police was also taken to scan the vast area but nothing was found.

About 65-70 percent of the campus was covered and rest including the residential areas and the interiors of the campus will be scanned on Tuesday, he said.

The exercise is being undertaken by 12 ACPs, 30 inspectors and 60 sub inspectors along with hundreds of constables under monitoring of two DCP rank officers.

Najeeb has been missing since 15 October after a scuffle at his hostel allegedly with ABVP students on the night of 14 October. A reward of Rs 10 lakh has been announced by Delhi Police for any information about him.

Najeeb's mother Fatima Nafees who was present at the hostel termed the police search "too late" and "futile". She said, "They should have carried out this search immediately after Najeeb went missing. But now, it’s of no use. I appeal to police to bring back my son and I will take him home from here."