New Delhi, June 30 -- Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Monday accepted the closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the JNU student Najeeb Ahmed's missing case, who had gone missing in October 2016.

This case was transferred to the CBI. The agency filed a closure report in 2018. His mother, Fatima Nafees, had challenged the closure report.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Jyoti Maheshwari accepted the closure report filed by the CBI.

"The CBI is at liberty to reopen the case if any evidence is found in connection with this case," ACJM Maheshwari said orally while pronouncing the order.

Earlier, the Investigation Officer (IO) had also informed that the statements of Quasim, Najeeb's mother, Fatima, h...