At Least 10 Sustained Pellet Injuries on July 20 Police Violence: RTI
“Until now, there were reports of 5 people with pellet gun injuries during the Jantar Mantar protests on 20th July. However, records procured from hospitals show that the confirmed number is AT LEAST DOUBLE i.e. 10 persons,” Gokhale said citing the RTI response
New Delhi: Contrary to the Union Government claims, hospital records show that at least 10 were injured from projectiles fired from pellet guns during the police crackdown during the Parliament March on July 20.
According to response given by Delhi hospitals to an RTI filed by former MP and Trinamool Congress party national spokesperson Saket Gokhale, Lady Hardinge Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital treated 9 and one person respectively for pellet injuries on July 20.
Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital and AIMS are yet to provide response to the RTIs filed by Gokhale on the same issue.
Taking to X, the TMC spokesperson said, “Until now, there were reports of 5 people with pellet gun injuries during the Jantar Mantar protests on 20th July. However, records procured from hospitals show that the confirmed number is AT LEAST DOUBLE i.e. 10 persons.”
The Delhi police claim that no pellet guns were used by them on July 20, against the protesting students at Jantar Mantar.
Meanwhile, official Police records reveal that it was the Rapid Action Force (RAF) that fired multiple rounds of plastic pellets.The General diary of the Parliament Street police station, projectiles were fired on the orders of the ‘Zone-1, DCP, Jantar Mantar’.
Several students and young professionals, including a journalist, were reportedly injured by the pellet guns during the police violence during the July 20 ‘Sansad Chalo’ protests.
The RTI response from Lady Hardinge Hospital also shows that 14 persons sustained Head and Facial injuries.
