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Najeeb Ahmed, a 27-year-old MSc first-year student at JNU, went missing on 15 October 2016 after an alleged fight with ABVP members.&nbsp New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation

(CBI) on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that the investigation into the disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed has been completed in ‘every aspect’ and sought

the court’s permission to file a closure report in the case. The CBI counsel told a bench of Justice S Muralidhar and Justice Vinod Goel that the investigation agency had analysed

“everything” related to the incident and wants to file a final report seeking to close the case. Advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for Ahmed’s mother Fatima Nafees, appealed to the court

to direct the CBI to re-investigate the matter or order a further probe by another special investigation team “which must comprise officials not belonging to the probe agency”. Gonsalves

also requested the court to supply him the status reports filed by the agency. He alleged that the CBI has not conducted the investigation in a fair manner and has shielded members of the

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), by not conducting their custodial interrogation. He also alleged political influence in the case as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central

government has “protected” the ABVP members who had threatened Ahmed. The CBI refuted his submission and said that it was nothing but just a presumption. The court said that it cannot direct

the agency to supply status reports to the petitioner. However, the bench held that as per procedure, the petitioner can get detailed reports of the investigation once the final report is

filed. The court also observed that the petitioner can contest the matter once a closure report is submitted. Ahmed, a 27-year-old MSc first-year student at JNU, went missing on 15 October

2016 after an alleged fight with ABVP members. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated student body has since then denied any involvement.