Rahul Gandhi, With Pellet Victim, Sits Outside Senior Cop's Office Over FIR

Rahul Gandhi, who has been demanding to know who ordered to shoot students, today walked into a police station at Parliament Street with a pellet gun victim and refused to leave until an FIR is registered in the case.

As the cops refused to file an FIR, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, along with a pellet gun victim, Sahil Lochab, then sat on a dharna outside the police station.

The Delhi Police informed the protesting Congress leader that the Supreme Court has constituted a High-Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) to examine allegations of excessive and disproportionate use of force by the police, paramilitary forces during the student protests.

Gandhi, though, refuses to budge until an FIR in the case is registered.

"We stand for students. We stand for justice. We will not be silent. Dharna at DCP office till FIR is filed," the Congress posted on X as Rahul Gandhi, along with the victim and his mother, sat on a chair outside the police station. 

Even as he was sitting on a dharna, Rahul Gandhi posted on X that "on July 20 the police attacked Sahil, who was peacefully protesting at Jantar Mantar, with a pellet gun". As a result, Gandhi said, Sahil's "vision in one eye is now at risk".

आज साहिल लोचब के साथ, उनके साथ हुई पुलिस बर्बरता के खिलाफ FIR दर्ज कराने संसद मार्ग के DCP कार्यालय पहुँचा।

20 जुलाई को जंतर-मंतर पर शांतिपूर्ण प्रदर्शन कर रहे साहिल पर पुलिस ने पैलेट गन से हमला किया। छर्रों से बुरी तरह घायल साहिल की एक आँख की रौशनी खतरे में है।

शांतिपूर्ण… pic.twitter.com/on2uKkNeUM

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 21, 2026

Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding accountability for the "barbaric assault" on peacefully protesting students and asked whether he approved the use of "lethal force", including pellet guns, against the youth.

In July, Gandhi presented before the media Sachil Lochab, the 19-year-old, who was allegedly shot with a pellet gun by security personnel during the march on Parliament on July 20, the first day of the Monsoon Session.

"You are saying that protesters have been hit by pellet guns. I want to explain when pellet guns were fired. My brother was struck by a pellet gun when he was peacefully protesting with a tricolour in hand," Gandhi told reporters with Sahil Lochab by his side.

Gandhi also lifted the youngster's T-shirt to show his injuries to the media.