Rahul Gandhi sits on dharna outside Delhi police station over pellet gun row
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Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi sat on a dharna outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police at Delhi’s Parliament Street Police Station on Friday, protesting an alleged refusal to register an FIR on a complaint by a student who the Congress shared suffered pellet-gun injuries during last month’s protests demanding education reforms.
Adding to this, Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, along with Sahil and his mother, remain outside the DCP Office, Parliament Street Police Station, in New Delhi. (ANI) Gandhi reached the police station with the student, whose efforts to get a case registered had failed to elicit action, according to the Congress.
Meanwhile, “Today, I went to the DCP office at Parliament Street to file an FIR against the police brutality faced by Sahil Lochab. On July 20, the police attacked Sahil, who was peacefully protesting at Jantar Mantar, with a pellet gun. Severely injured by the pellets, Sahil's vision in one eye is now at risk,” Gandhi wrote on X.
Notably, He added, “Now, when Sahil wants to file an FIR for justice, even that is not being allowed. In this way, the Constitution and constitutional rights are being trampled upon.”
As per the latest buzz, There was no immediate reaction from the Delhi Police to the allegations.
In further updates, The Congress alleged that the student, accompanied by his lawyers, submitted a written complaint to the Delhi Police on August 14 and followed up three days later, but no action was taken.
On top of that, The party shared Gandhi accompanied the student to the police station on Friday to press for action, but the DCP did not provide an I/O number. The Congress shared the alleged offence was cognisable and therefore required registration of an FIR.
The alleged use of pellet guns during the July 20 CJP protest has become a major point of contention, with the opposition and CJP stepping up pressure on the Delhi Police over its handling of the protests.
Source: Hindustan Times