In Midnight Protest At JNU, Hundreds Surround Vice Chancellor Over Missing Student

New Delhi:  Delhi's prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University witnessed an uproar around midnight as the police got called in to disperse hundreds of protesting students, who are demanding action regarding a student who went missing four days ago.
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The protests continued post-midnight as talks between the authorities and the students failed.
The students, affiliated to the All India Students Association, are demanding a dialogue with the University authorities and a written assurance that action will be taken.
The students allegedly refused to allow the Vice Chancellor, Rector and the other officials to leave the administrative building. But they denied that they have gheraoed anyone.
Students' Union president Mohit Sharma said, "We have not illegally confined anybody. You all know the Proctor was outside and he freely walked into the admin building. Electricity and all kind of supplies are here. We have also sent food for the people."
The campus had been all but shut for the last two days



as students from both Left and Right held protests and refused to attend classes.
Earlier on Wednesday evening, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, held another protest over the issue.
Students affiliated to the Left and the Right are blaming each other over the disappearance of Najeeb Ahmed, a student of the Masters' course in Biotechnology, who had gone missing on Saturday after a brawl in the campus.
On Tuesday, Mr Ahmed's parents - residents of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh -- sat in protest near his hostel.  They had come to Delhi after a frantic phone call from their son on Friday night.
Left activists say Mr Ahmed had a fight with ABVP activists who were on a door-to-door campaign for the election of a mess committee. Eyewitnesses said he had even slapped an ABVP activist, after which the matter had escalated.
On Saturday, he was not seen in the campus. A complaint with the police was filed on Monday, alleging that the student had been abducted.