Cops file FIR on pellet gun victim’s complaint after Rahul Gandhi’s dharna
NEW DELHI, AUG 21 : The Delhi Police on Friday registered a first information report (FIR) in the case of 19-year-old Sahil Lochab, who allegedly suffered pellet injuries during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest, hours after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in outside the Parliament Street Police Station. However, no individual has been named as an accused in the FIR.
As per the latest information, the police registered the FIR under Sections 118 and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Section 118 deals with voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt using dangerous weapons or means, while Section 125 concerns acts endangering the life or personal safety of others.
The drama unfolded in the early hours of Friday when Gandhi and a few Congress leaders accompanied Lochab to the police station after the latter alleged that the Delhi Police had refused to register the FIR. They first went to the Connaught Place Police Station; however, after being informed that the New Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police, Sachin Sharma, was at the Parliament Street Police Station, they soon reached the spot.
Visuals show that Gandhi, decked up in his white T-shirt and light-brown pants, walked into the police station, taking the officials by surprise. He first pressed the officials to register the complaint; however, as the officials refused, he began his sit-in outside the police station.
He also said that he would not end his sit-in until the officials agreed to register Lochab’s complaint.
Three pellets were lodged in his (Lochab) eye, and 200 in his body. There are shells near his heart that cannot be touched. Delhi Police say they did not fire pellet guns. Who fired pellet guns if not cops? Police said they had orders from the top not to file an FIR on the complaint of the victim,” Rahul told the media. He also showed the metallic pellets recovered from the student’s body.
Chaos soon erupted in the police station as Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Kumari Selja, Jairam Ramesh, and Randeep Surjewala joined Rahul Gandhi in the protest and barged into the station.
-PTI
