"My wait for Najeeb will continue till my last breath," says missing JNU student's mother
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI): "My wait for Najeeb will continue till my last breath", said Fatima Nafees, mother of first-year JNU student Najeeb Ahmed who went missing in 2016.
She said that she would speak to her lawyers to explore a future course of action.
A Delhi court on Monday allowed the CBI to close Ahmed's case saying that the agency "exhausted all options".
Ahmed went missing from the Mahi-Mandvi hostel of JNU, following a scuffle with some students allegedly affiliated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad the previous night.
Talking to PTI over the phone, Nafees said, "I will talk to my lawyers. But my wait for Najeeb will continue till my last breath. I pray for him every day and I hope I will get justice one day."
She was involved in multiple protests demanding a fair probe into her son's case. She said she has not been keeping well.
The CBI in October 2018 closed its investigation into the case as the agency's efforts to trace Ahmed yielded no results.
The agency filed its closure report before the court in the case after getting permission from the Delhi High Court.
Nafees' counsel had previously said it was a "political case" in which the "CBI has succumbed to the pressure of its masters".
The case was initially probed by Delhi Police but later transferred to the CBI.
Additional chief judicial magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari also "earnestly hoped" Najeeb was traced soon.
"This court expresses its regret that while the proceedings in the present case end with this closure report, a closure for Najeeb's mother and other loved ones, still eludes us," the order said.
While it accepted the agency's closure report, the court granted liberty to the CBI to re-open the investigation on the receipt of any credible information on Ahmed's whereabouts and intimate the court accordingly.
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Delhi: Father, son held for killing 19-year-old woman in suspected honour killing
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested a man and his son for allegedly murdering his 19-year-old daughter in west Delhi's Hari Nagar area, an official said on Friday.
The case first came to light on April 1 after a PCR call was received around 2 pm, alleging that a woman had been killed by her family members and her body was being taken for last rites, he said.
The accused, identified as Mohammad Maneer (55), a vegetable vendor, and his son Meraj Ali (19), were arrested in connection with the case, the officer said.
The victim had been in a relationship with a man from her native place for the past two years, which was opposed by her father, Maneer and brother Meraj, he said.
"When the girl did not end the relationship despite objections, the family killed her," the officer said.
On April 1, the police said that when their team reached the spot, they found that the woman's body was being taken for burial.
Acting on the input, the burial process was stopped over suspicion of honour killing.
"Police intercepted the family members and took possession of the body," he said.
Police said that the man who had made the PCR told them that the woman was in love with his cousin.
During the inquiry, police also interacted with the PCR caller, who said his cousin, a friend of the deceased, had informed him about the situation and suspected foul play, prompting him to alert the police control room.
The body of the woman was subsequently shifted to the mortuary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for preservation and postmortem.
Police said that both the crime team and the forensic science laboratory (FSL) team were called to inspect the scene and collect evidence.
Police said that, as per the postmortem report, the cause of death was identified as smothering, indicating that the woman was suffocated.
A preliminary inquiry also revealed that the family had initiated preparations for the last rites soon after the woman's death, raising suspicion about the circumstances.
Initial investigation pointed to the family's opposition to the woman's relationship.
"The family members of the woman saw her with the man, and she was taken back home. We got to know that she was beaten up and even locked inside the house for some days," a source said.
Further investigation into the matter is underway, police added.
