JNU violence: ABVP activist Komal Sharma approaches NCW

New Delhi: Students roam around the JNU hostel with rods and sticks after clashes erupted between groups of students at JNU campus in New Delhi on Jan 5, 2020. (Photo: IANS)

New Delhi, Jan 15 : ABVP activist and Delhi University student from Daulat Ram College, Komal Sharma, who was identified as the ‘masked woman’ in the January 5-Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) violence, has sought assistance from the National Commission for Women (NCW).

The police have so far issued notices to nine accused asking them to join the investigation into the JNU violence. Seven out of the nine suspects are from Left organisations.

Out of the seven accused, three — JNUSU President Aishe Gosh, Bhaskar Vijay and Pankaj joined the investigation on Monday.

Other alleged members of the ABVP Akshat Awasthi and Rohit Shah, whose faces emerged during a TV channel sting, refused to join the probe, police said, and expressed hope they would join the investigation on Tuesday.

The police have decided to send a legal notice to 37 more people involved in the violence that left 20 people injured.