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Key Highlights Delhi Police have revealed identities of nine individuals suspected of carrying out violence in JNU Out of the 9 suspects, 7 belong to the Left wing while the remaining 2 are from Right wing

New Delhi: In a big development in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) violence case, Delhi Police on Friday released pictures of nine individuals suspected for carrying out violence against JNU students and teachers last Sunday. JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) president Aishe Ghosh has been named in the list of accused persons. Among the nine individuals, seven belong to the Left wing while the remaining two are from the Right wing.

During the press briefing, Delhi Police's SIT head Joy Tirkey said that the four organisations including SFI and AISA of the JNUSU are largely responsible for the violence on January 5 and on the two preceding days. He also mentioned that a particular WhatsApp group named 'Unity Against Left' was formed ahead of the Sunday's violence spree and its administrator is one of the accused in the violence.

Tirkey then revealed the identities of nine suspects in the case and showed their pictures to the media. Seven of the suspected individuals are from the Left wing while two of them are affiliated with Right wing organisations.

Dr Joy Tirkey, DCP/Crime: Those identified include- Chunchun Kumar, Pankaj Mishra, Aishe Ghosh (JNUSU President elect), Waskar Vijay, Sucheta Talukraj, Priya Ranjan, Dolan Sawant, Yogendra Bhardwaj, Vikas Patel #JNUViolence https://t.co/FUzuYeMNwE — ANI (@ANI) January 10, 2020

"No suspect has been detained till now, but we will begin to interrogate the suspects soon," added Tirkey.

He also said that the investigation is currently underway in the matter and the police will hold more press briefings in the future with more developments in the case.

Delhi Police PRO MS Randhawa said that a lot of misinformation is being spread around on social media regarding the police investigation in the recent JNU violence. In order to put things into perspective, the police have released pictures of the suspected individuals and discussed the course of investigations.

Randhawa confirmed that the Crime Branch is currently investigating the violence that broke out on late Sunday evening in which over 34 JNU students and faculty members were injured.