Maintained that we should wait for facts: Ajay Devgn on JNU attack police findings

With mainstream Bollywood veterans being criticised for not commenting on the brutal attack at the Jawaharlal Nehru University last week, Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn on Friday took to Twitter to say that he has always maintained that one should "wait for proper facts to emerge". The tweet came right after Delhi Police released photographs of nine suspects identified for the violence, naming mostly members of the Left-controlled students' union.

New Delhi: After the Delhi Police on Friday released photographs of nine suspects identified for the violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) last week, naming mostly members of the Left-controlled students' union but giving few details on the attack by a masked mob on students and teachers on Sunday evening, Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn appealed everyone to "further the spirit of peace and brotherhood".

Devgn took to his Twitter handle to say that one should wait for proper facts to emerge while appealing everyone to further the spirit of peace and brotherhood

• I have always maintained that we should wait for proper facts to emerge.
  
  I appeal to everyone- let us further the spirit of peace and brotherhood, not derail it either consciously or carelessly #JNUViolence

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  I have always maintained that we should wait for proper facts to emerge.
  
  I appeal to everyone- let us further the spirit of peace and brotherhood, not derail it either consciously or carelessly #JNUViolence

  — Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) January 10, 2020

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  I have always maintained that we should wait for proper facts to emerge.
  
  I appeal to everyone- let us further the spirit of peace and brotherhood, not derail it either consciously or carelessly #JNUViolence

  — Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) January 10, 2020

The tweet came a few days after the Bollywood actor was asked to express his views on the JNU attack, wherein he had said that he was not clear about what transpired inside the university campus on Sunday as news reports gave "conflicting" accounts.

Addressing a press conference, DCP (crime) Joy Tirkey disclosed nine names and also released their photographs.

"Unfortunately the CCTV footages were not available to us as the server room was vandalised a day before. We have identified some people based on viral videos and other investigations," Joy Tirkey said.

DCP Tirkey said the police have not detained anyone so far. "We will serve notices to the identified people and ask them about their presence during the violence," he said.

He, however, said more names may be revealed in subsequent press conferences as investigation proceeds.