JNU violence 37 students identified from WhatsApp group say police

Delhi | Saturday | 11th January, 2020

Summary:

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has identified 37 students from a WhatsApp group created during the January 5 violence on the JNU campus, according to sources. The person, Akshat Awasthi, a first-year student of BA French, confessed on tape and detailed his involvement in the campus violence. Meanwhile, JNU has undertaken security audit of hostels to check stay of outsiders and unauthorised students, following January 5 violence on campus. JNU VC Jagadesh Kumar accused "some of the activist students" of creating an atmosphere of "terror" in the university campus. "They were informed at 3 pm and the messages were read at 3.07 pm but the messages were ignored," the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) claimed..