India, June 6 -- A city court on Thursday adjourned its order on whether to accept the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) closure report in the disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed, pushing the long-awaited verdict to June 30.

The case, which has remained unsolved for nearly nine years, centres on the disappearance of 27-year-old Najeeb, an MSc Biotechnology student who went missing from his hostel on October 15, 2016, a day after a scuffle with students affiliated to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). His mother, Fatima Nafees, has since challenged CBI's 2018 closure report and demanded a fresh investigation.

Fatima, 56, filed a protest petition in 2019, alleging serious lapses in the...