3 JNU profs move HC to preserve CCTV footage

January 10, 2020 13:07

Three professors of JNU Friday approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions to preserve data, CCTV footage and other evidence relating to the January 5 violence at the varsity campus.

The petition also sought directions for preservation and retrieval of all material/evidences available with WhatsApp Inc, Google Inc and Apple Inc pertaining to relevant data of WhatsApp groups 'Unity Against Left' and 'Friends of RSS' including messages, pictures, videos and phone numbers of the members, in connection with the violence at JNU.

The petition was filed by JNU professors Ameet Parameswaran, Atul Sood and Shukla Vinayak Sawant seeking necessary directions to the Delhi Police Commissioner and Delhi government. The petition also sought a direction to the Delhi Police to retrieve all CCTV footage of JNU campus.

Image: The Sabarmati hostel inside the JNU campus was ransacked on Sunday.

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