Police hikes reward for Najeed Ahmed info to Rs 5 lakh

New Delhi: The Delhi police on Wednesday has raised the reward from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh for anyone providing information that could help locate JNU student Najeed Ahmed, who has been missing from the university for over a month now.

The force had initially announced that it will give Rs 50,000 to anyone providing information about Najeeb and had later increased the amount to Rs 1 lakh and then to Rs 2 lakh.

“The amount has been increased to Rs 5 lakh. The case was last week transferred from South District to  the Crime Branch to have a “fresh look” into it. The team probing it has started from scratch and is re-looking at all clues and evidence,” said a senior police official.

Najeeb went missing on October 15 following an on-campus scuffle allegedly with the members of ABVP the night before.

In October, an SIT was formed to trace the missing student following an instruction from the Union home minister to the Delhi police commissioner.

The SIT, headed by additional DCP-II (South) Manishi Chandra, however, failed to gain any actionable clues in the matter. Meanwhile, the Delhi police on Wednesday  claimed to have traced the auto driver who ferried Najeeb Ahmed from JNU the day he went missing