After Rahul’s dharna, police register FIR on pellet gun use at Delhi protest
Rahul Gandhi sat in a dharna after Sahil Lochab, a 19-year-old who lost his eyesight after being hit by pellets during the protest, said the police had refused to register an FIR on his complaint
Following a seven-hour sit-in by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi outside the Deputy Commissioner of Police's office in New Delhi, the police registered an FIR against the use of pellet guns during a protest on July 20th. The 19-year-old Sahil Lochab, who lost vision in one eye after being hit by pellets during the march, had been denied the registration of an FIR by police despite filing a seven-page complaint.
The Congress leader, accompanied by his sister and other high-ranking members, ended the protest once the police agreed to register the FIR. Sahil claimed to have sustained over 200 pellet injuries, with a less than 1% chance of regaining his sight. The FIR was registered under Sections 118(1) and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, with the police citing the need for a directive from the Union Home Ministry.
The registration of the FIR has raised questions about the police's handling of crowd control and the use of force during the protest, prompting the Supreme Court to order an independent inquiry into the matter.
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