‘If no gun was fired, how did pellets hit my son?’: Mother of teen injured in CJP protest

Jyoti Lochab, mother of 19-year-old Sahil Lochab, has been traveling from police station to police station in an effort to file a First Information Report (FIR) regarding her son's pellet injuries sustained during a protest organized by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). On August 14, Sahil was injured in Connaught Place, Delhi, when he was hit by pellets.

Despite being told that no gun was fired, Jyoti is adamant that the pellets must have been fired by police forces, questioning how they could have caused such injuries without a gunshot. She was met by Rahul Gandhi outside the Parliament Street police station, who joined her in her quest for an FIR alongside other senior Congress party leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Jairam Ramesh, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and Kumari Selja.

The protest, which changed the life of Sahil, was initially sparked by the cancellation of his Delhi Police recruitment examination in 2024 due to a paper leak. On the day of the protest, Sahil was hit in the face by pellets, forcing him to undergo surgery where doctors found multiple puncture wounds on his right side of his face and limbs.

Rahul Gandhi addressed the media outside the police station, expressing frustration over the lack of justice despite Delhi Police and Home Minister Amit Shah's involvement.