NEW DELHI:
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) vice-chancellor and other officials on Thursday came out of the office after being gheraoed since Wednesday by students protesting over a missing varsity student.
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The VC,
M Jagadesh Kumar
, and other officials
were "illegally confined" in the building for over 22 hours.
The VC had issued ultimatum to students to let the administration work and said that he is determined to conduct the scheduled academic council, the highest policy making body, meeting at 2.30pm on Thursday which is at a different venue.
Meanwhile,
Rajnath Singh, directed the Delhi Police to set up
a special team to trace the missing student .
The student,
Najeeb Ahmed, went missing on Saturday following a brawl on the campus the night before.
Agitating JNU students had confined the Vice Chancellor, M Jagadesh Kumar, and about 12 other officials in the university's administrative building since Wednesday afternoon though students and mediapersons were able to access it.