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200 JNU students detained over protests related to missing student

Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing since October 15, had allegedly entered into a brawl with ABVP members

Protests in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over a missing student turned volatile on Wednesday with the agitating students locking down the vice-chancellor and other senior officials in the administrative building.

The protests in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over a missing student turned volatile on Wednesday with the agitating students locking down the vice-chancellor and other senior officials in the administrative building.

IANS New Delhi
Over 200 students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were detained on Friday while they were demanding swift action to locate a missing student, Najeeb Ahmed.

Ahmed went missing from the university campus on an October 15 night, after allegedly entering into a brawl with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad members.

The students were led away by police when they reached the Jantar Mantar protest site in the heart of the capital.

They were taken to the Parliament Street Police Station. The students kept a steady chant of anti-police slogans while being detained.

The police have set up a Special Investigation Team to trace Ahmed.
 

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First Published: Oct 21 2016 | 5:52 PM IST

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