New Delhi: Hours after JNU students gheraoed the University Vice Chancellor's office late on Wednesday night protesting the zero headway made in the case of missing student Najeeb Ahmed, the chancellor warned the students against illegal detention and said that "law will take its course" if the university officials are not allowed to perform their duties.
Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar is scheduled to conduct the academic council, the highest policy making body meeting at 2.30pm on Thursday which is at a different venue but the rectors and chief proctor have been confined to the office room by the protesting students since last night.
The students however said that they were merely protesting outside the V-C office and had not held anybody as hostage.
Apart from the Akhil Bhartiya Vidya Parishad (ABVP), all student political bodies took part in the protest and vented their anger at the university officials.
Carrying photos of Ahmed, JNU students went about in the neighbourhood inquiring about him.
They have also pasted "missing posters" in areas around JNU and on various roads leading to the university.
Earlier, the Delhi Police announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for information about missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed five days after he vanished.
In an order issued late on Wednesday, the police said that any information or clue regarding the missing/abducted Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student could be given to the Station House Officer (SHO) of Vasant Kunj North police station.
Ahmed went missing on October 15 night from the university hostel Mahi-Mandvi after a brawl with ABVP students.
A police complaint was filed under section 365 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) for kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person, and a proctorial inquiry was also initiated by the varsity.
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