'Won't budge until FIR': Rahul Gandhi stages sit-in over alleged pellet gun attack on protester

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday staged a sitin at the Parliament Street Police Station demanding registration of a First Information Report FIR over the alleged use of a pellet gun against a protester during a demonstration in Delhi on July 20Gandhi accompanied the alleged victim Sahil Lochav to the police station and demanded that the complaint be formally registered He said he would remain at the police station until an FIR was filedSpeaking to reporters at the police station Gandhi referred to a medical report from AIIMS and alleged that Lochav suffered injuries consistent with pellet gun usePellet gun was used at Connaught Place on 20th July AIIMS report clearly says that there are more than 200 shells inside his body and 3 in his eye He has lost vision in that eye There are shells near his heart that cannot be touched Delhi Police say they did not fire pellet guns So there is just one question someone must have done itA crime has indeed happenedWe are demanding that an FIR be registered They told us that they have received order from the top and they cannot file an FIR We wont budge from here until an FIR is registered Gandhi saidRahul Gandhi attacks Home Ministry Delhi PoliceGandhi also criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Delhi Police over the alleged incidentIn this country Amit Shahs Home Ministry and Delhi Police personnel wont let justice happen Gandhi saidCongress leaders and party workers gathered outside the police station as Gandhi continued his protestIn a post on X Gandhi alleged that the police had used a pellet gun against Lochav during a peaceful protest and accused the authorities of preventing him from filing an FIRGandhi alleges police brutality against protesterToday 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 Sahils vision in one eye is now at risk Such brutality against a peaceful protest is not just illegalits a serious crime Neither has Home Minister Amit Shah offered any explanation to the students for this cruelty nor has the Prime Minister apologized to them 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 Amit Shah ji why are you so scared of justice This fear shows that you are admitting to your crime The FIR will be filed A judicial inquiry will take place And action will be taken against everyonefrom top to bottomwho is guilty of this brutality We will ensure justice for Sahil and every student victim like him he saidThe allegations made by Gandhi and the complainant have not been independently establishedCongress leaders join protest outside stationSeveral Congress leaders also reached the police station in support of Gandhi and LochavAmong those present were Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Jairam Ramesh Salman Khurshid Kumari Selja and Delhi Congress leader Devendra Yadav Party workers gathered outside the police station and raised slogans during the protestThe Congress has demanded that the alleged use of pellet guns be investigated and that those responsible be identified and prosecutedComplaint allegedly submitted earlierAccording to Congress Lochav had approached Delhi Police along with his lawyers on August 14 and submitted a written complaint The party alleged that he was not provided an IO number or acknowledgement for the complaintThe complaint was subsequently pursued through email and telephone on August 17 but no IO number or acknowledgement was providedGandhi accompanied Lochav to the Delhi Police DCP office on Friday to press for registration of the case According to the reports they again alleged that officials did not provide details of the investigating officer or an IO numberGandhi visits multiple police officesGandhi had earlier visited Mandir Marg Police Station and requested that a case be registeredAfter police allegedly refused to register the case he proceeded to meet the DCP Central He later went to Parliament Street Police Station where he met senior police officialsThe complaint relates to the alleged injuries suffered by Lochav during the July 20 protest The complainant has claimed that the incident constitutes a cognisable offence and warrants registration of an FIRGandhi has sought action on the complaint and pressed for an investigation into the alleged use of pellet guns and the injuries suffered by LochavThe demand for an FIR comes amid a wider political confrontation between the Congress and the government over the handling of protests and allegations of police action against demonstratorsWith inputs from ANI