'Won't Budge Until FIR Is Registered': Rahul Gandhi Protests Over Student's Pellet Injuries - VIDEO
Congress leaders, including Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Devender Yadav, on Thursday reached the Parliament Street Police Station in New Delhi, where Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in demanding registration of an FIR over the pellet injuries suffered by student Sahil Lochav during a protest at Jantar Mantar on July 20. Delhi: At Parliament Street Police…
Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, staged a sit-in outside the Parliament Street Police Station in New Delhi on Friday (August 21, 2026) demanding the registration of an FIR in connection with pellet injuries sustained by a youth during the July 20 protest organized by the Cockroach Janata Party. Accompanied by Sahil Lochab, a 19-year-old protester who was hit by a pellet gun, Gandhi and Lochab visited the Mandir Marg police station earlier in the day to seek the registration of the FIR, only to be met with barricaded gates and closed entrances by the Delhi Police.
The Congress party claimed that Lochab had lodged a written complaint with the Delhi Police on August 14, but no I/O number or acknowledgement was provided. The party stated that the incident, which they said constituted a cognisable offence, warranted the registration of an FIR, as per the complainant. Earlier, on July 29, Gandhi had criticized Union Home Minister Amit Shah for allegedly instigating "brutality" against the protesters.
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- Sahil Lochab, Delhi teen whose pellet injury sparked Rahul Gandhi-Delhi Police standoff timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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