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37 people of WhatsApp group ‘Unity Against Left’ linked to JNU violence identified by SIT: Delhi Police

“Those identified includes – Chunchun Kumar, Pankaj Mishra, Aishe Ghosh, Waskar Vijay, Sucheta Talukraj, Priya Ranjan, Dolan Sawant, Yogendra Bhardwaj, Vikas Patel,” DCP Joy Tirkey, who is heading an SIT said.

37 people of WhatsApp group 'Unity Against Left' linked to JNU violence identified by SIT: Delhi Police

New Delhi: Thirty-seven people from the 60-member WhatsApp group named ‘Unity against Left’ have been identified by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), said the Delhi Police in a press conference on Friday.

37 people of WhatsApp group 'Unity Against Left' linked to JNU violence identified by SIT: Delhi Police

According to the police, the group was created against the Left parties on January 5, the day when violence broke out in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) premises.

Earlier, the Delhi Police Crime Branch investigating the case of violence in JNU had identified and released photographs of nine suspects, including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh.

37 people of WhatsApp group 'Unity Against Left' linked to JNU violence identified by SIT: Delhi Police

“Those identified includes – Chunchun Kumar, Pankaj Mishra, Aishe Ghosh, Waskar Vijay, Sucheta Talukraj, Priya Ranjan, Dolan Sawant, Yogendra Bhardwaj, Vikas Patel,” DCP Joy Tirkey, who is heading an SIT said.

37 people of WhatsApp group 'Unity Against Left' linked to JNU violence identified by SIT: Delhi Police

On January 5, more than 30 students, including Ghosh, were taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after a masked mob entered the JNU and attacked the students and professors with sticks and rods. (ANI)