After Najeeb, another JNU student goes missing from campus

After Najeeb Ahmed, another student from Jawaharlal Nehru University has reportedly gone missing from the university campus. Identified as Mukul Jain (26), the missing student was pursuing his Ph.D. from JNU’s School of Life Sciences. He is said to be missing since Tuesday noon and was last seen leaving the JNU campus at around 12.30 pm from the East Gate.

"As per the information we have received from JNU administration, he is no more enrolled there and has completed his Ph.D. from their department of Life Sciences," an officer told IANS. "He had vacated his hostel room after completing his research and was currently staying in Ghaziabad.”

The officer said Jain was dealing with some "personal issues" and there was no certainty about what could have gone wrong. "There is no suspect in this case," he said.

Najeeb Ahmed, a first-year student of Jawaharlal Nehru University, went missing after a brawl with members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Mahi-Mandavi Hostel in Delhi on October 2016.

With no official word yet on his disappearance, students and activists have taken to staging demonstrations in the Capital ever since his disappearance. In May last year, the Delhi High Court had transferred the investigation to the CBI from police.

(This is a developing story. More updates to follow)