Signature Campaign

SIO BASAVAKALYAN Unit Organise a Signature Campaign on # Where Is Najeeb

Justice for Najeeb

Safety for Muslim Students in educational institutions

Signature Campaign and Memorandum

to National Commission for Minorities

To,

The Chairperson

National Commission for Minorities,

5th Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,

Khan Market, New Delhi 110 003

We demand,

1. Justice for Najeeb Ahmad

Najeeb Ahmad, a Muslim Research student of School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal

Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, hailing from Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. He was

assaultedby a gang of Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad(ABVP), the student wing of

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), at his room No.106, Mahi-Mandavi Hostel,

Jawaharlal Nehru University and later kidnapped on 15th October 2016. Almost three

months after Najeeb Ahmad went missing from campus, the Jawaharlal Nehru

University administration and the Delhi Police have been inactive and biased on finding

and ensuring justice to Najeeb and punishing ABVP culprits. Najeeb’s mother as well as

the student community have been protesting to bring back him and to seek justice for

him. We demand justice for Najeeb Ahmad through immediate and effective

investigation.

2. Safety for Muslim Students in educational institutions

Muslim students feel intimidated and threatened in universities even by their mere

presence. Meanwhile they are traumatized and in a state of fear in the context of rising

Anti Muslim atrocities across the country and even universities are not much safe and

secure for them to ensure their right to life and right to education. The attack on Najeeb

Ahmad is clearly a hate crime and assault motivated by hostility towards minorities,

especially Muslim students pursuing their studies in higher educational institutions. The

atmosphere created by leaders of the ruling party at the Centre at different levels is the

context in which such crimes are occurring. We demand appropriate action to ensure

safe and secure atmosphere for minority students in educational institutions.

We request you to be a part of this campaign by signing the memorandum to

National Commission for Minorities.

We hope your kind participation and cooperation to ensure Social Justice in our

country.