JNU violence: ABVP releases eight videos, accuses Left-leaning groups of attacking students

The ABVP on Monday accused the Left-leaning student organisations of being involved in the January 5 violence at the JNU campus and released eight videos in support of its claims, demanding a detailed investigation into the matter.

In one of the eight videos of the violence, CPI leader D Raja's daughter Aparajitha is purportedly seen walking with a stick in her hand, ABVP state secretary Siddharth Yadav said.

However, Annie Raja, a CPI leader and mother of Aparajitha, said the ABVP is "spreading lies" to divert the attention from the mass attack on JNU campus.

Yadav said in the videos, Left-wing activists and students are purportedly seen wearing mufflers masking their faces, collecting sticks, rods and other material for the attack.

He claimed that JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh and its former joint secretary Amutha Jayadeep were purportedly seen in the videos entering the Periyar hostel with sticks.

"The Delhi Police has already shown the attackers were from the Left groups. We have exposed the Left wingers, communists who pre-planned this attack. I want to name a prominent name here and that is CPI leader D Raja's daughter Aparajitha. In one video, we have found her with the attackers walking with a stick in her hand and after a few steps of her walk, the stick from her hand fell down," he alleged.

At a press conference here, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) claimed that students from Left-leaning groups have been attacking others since October 28, 2019.

Denying all the accusations, Annie Raja said, "If they have any proofs against anyone, they should submit it to the Delhi Police. They are spreading lies to divert the attention from the crimes of their (ABVP) mass attack on JNU campus. They still have not been able to collect any evidence against Kanhaiya Kumar?"
Countering the Left groups' claim that injured students couldn't have been attackers, the ABVP state secretary asked if Left-wing students were the only victims, how did 11 ABVP members land in trauma centre of AIIMS?