Ghazanfar Abbas, IndiaTomorrow.net,

New Delhi, Oct 16: Missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed’s mother and about two dozen students and activists were detained by the Delhi Police as they were protesting outside the Delhi High Court, a prohibited area for any such protest.

Najeeb’s mother Fatima Nafees and others were protesting against the CBI for the slow probe in the one-year mysterious disappearance case. Hearing in the habeas corpus filed by Fatima in Oct last year was scheduled in the High Court today.

 Students, activists detained while protesting for Najeeb outside Delhi High Court on 16 Oct 2017.

Najeeb, 27, went missing from his Room No. 106 of Mahi Mandvi hostel of JNU on 15th October 2016, just a day after an alleged scuffle with some students of the university – they were also members of ABVP, the student wing of RSS. ABVP officials denied any involvment. Eyewitness and some residents of the hostel alleged that during the scuffle on 14th Oct night, Najeeb was assaulted by a group of 15-20 students.