AMU student of Azamgarh goes missing from campus: Careless Response from AMU authorities

The response of Aligarh Muslim University administration to the issue of the missing boy has been quite amazing. The AMU administration woke up only after the students started agitating. It is to be noted that the Mr Tanveer, Principal, City High School, and Provost of Allama Iqbal Hall where the student was residing did not even deem it fit to report the matter to the higher authorities for about two days.
Interestingly, the Proctor AMU Prof Zubair did not have the courage to face the agitating students of AMU and agreed to face them only after the local district administration and police officers were present to provide security to him ( scan of newspaper)! God save the AMU led by Dr Azis, VC, and his wonderful team!



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Mail from a concerend alumni of AMU regarding the response from AMU PRO Mr Rahat Abrar
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Dear All,

Its a serious issue. Specially in the backdrop of whats happening these days. As of now, we do not know what happend to this student. He may have willing gone somewhere or there could be a sinister design or he may have met with some untoward incident.

However, we must take it seriously to find out the whereabout of this student.

I am seriously taken aback by the lackadisical approach of the university authorities.
I called up PRO Dr Rahat Abrar today to enquire about the student. His first reaction was shocking.
He said students run away these days to evade exams due to shortage of attendance. They get into bad company.

I told him that the student scored 85 percent in his Class 11 exams. There are little chances that someone scoring 85 percent will run short of attendence. Dr Abrar did not give me the figure of the attendance of the student.

I was surprised because the student was issued the hall ticket to appear for the exams. So there was no question of his attendance running short.

Dr. Abrar then added another reason. "The student generally go into depression during exams. This could be one reason that he disappeared," Dr Abrar told me. Again this was hard for me to believe.

I do not rule out these reasons. But for the AMU authorities to jump to a conclusion in the begening shows their "concern" for the welfare of the students.

I really doubt that AMU authorities are seriously pursuing this case. They have just filed a complaint with the police for formality. That too, after students protest.

I request senior Aligs to intervene as this is exam season.

AMU has a tradition of closing down the university sine die when students protest for genuine greivances.
Let us not make it happen this time.

Ehtasham Khan
MA-Journalism 2000
New Delhi