new delhi jawaharlal nehru university jnu vicechancellor m jagadesh kumar said the coronavirus pandemic has delayed the probe into the violence on the campus in january last year that left around 35 people injuredasked why the committee set up by the university to probe the incident did not conduct online depositions he said the students are already under a lot of stress and it is not the right time to send them notices for online depositionsa group of masked men armed with sticks and rods attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the jnu campus on january 5 2020 prompting the university administration to call in the policejnu students union president aishe ghosh was among those injured in the violencedays after the incident jnu set up a fivemember committee to probe the incident and recommend measures to ensure the safety of studentsthe committee is looking into the matter it has to call the students for deposition is it the right time to call them when they are in their hometowns for this we need to see the condition these are our students considering the covid situation depositions have not been conducted we are waiting for the situation to normalise kumar told pti on fridayasked why the committee did not conduct online depositions the vc said the situation is not conducive we are waiting students are already under a lot of stress it is not the right time to send them notices for participating in an online deposition we dont consider our students as criminals they are our own studentsin august this year the lok sabha was informed by union minister of state for home nityanand rai that the delhi police had not arrested anyone in connection with the jnu violence even though several people were examinedafter the violence there was a clamour for kumars removal as the jnu vc and the delhi police came under attack for not acting when the mob was running riot on the campus and especially for naming student union leaders including ghosh in two firs for alleged vandalismon the jawaharlal nehru university teachers associations jnuta objection to the renewal of the contract of security agency cyclops for another two years by the universitys executive council ec kumar said the contract had not been renewed but extended till the process of appointing a new agency is completedif you want to appoint a security agency then you have to follow the tendering process and the general financial rules laid down by the government during this covid period many of our staff members were down with coronavirus you cannot suddenly ask the security people to pack their bags and leave and put the security of the campus at risk he saidthe ec took a decision that the security company will continue he saidthe vc stressed that the contract hasnt been renewed but only extended till the process of appointing a new security agency is completed this process will require at least six months he saidin a statement