JNU violence: SIT probe will look at Delhi University as well, cops serve notice to 9 students

On Friday, Delhi Police released the names of nine suspects — all students, of whom seven were identified as members of Left student outfits. The other two are from the ABVP. While Delhi Police identified the Left outfits as SFI, AISF, AISA and DSF, they did not name ABVP during the press conference.

“Apart from nine students whose identity was disclosed on Friday, we have identified seven others so far with the help of technical evidence. We have sent notices to them, and will confront them with the evidence,” an officer said. He also acknowledged that the new names “include ABVP members”.

“We are preparing profiles of all students whose names emerged during the investigation or who have been named in cross complaints filed by both sides (the Left and ABVP). After collecting details from the JNU administration department, we are preparing their profiles and also collecting details of their political background,” the officer said.

The JNU administration has said CCTVs on campus were not working during the violence as the server room was allegedly damaged by some students on January 4. On Friday, however, the SIT sent a notice to the administration asking them to provide videos from cameras installed on the campus. It is learnt that police believe back-up of the footage could be available.

“We also identified 37 students from two WhatsApp groups created during the violence and wrote to WhatsApp for details,” the officer said.