Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Rahul Gandhi Ends Parliament Dharna After Pellet Injury FIR
Rahul Gandhi held a protest outside a police station in New Delhi.
He was asking police to officially record a complaint from Sahil Lochab.
Lochab is 19 years old and says pellets injured him during a student protest.
He also reportedly has an eye injury that affects his vision.
Police registered the complaint after Gandhi protested for more than six hours.
Gandhi called the FIR an important first step toward justice.
He said the complaint had been delayed because police were under pressure from powerful officials.
Police confirmed the case and listed the legal sections used, but the report did not include a response to Gandhi’s allegation.
Rahul Gandhi ended a more than six-hour protest outside Delhi’s Parliament Street police station on Friday.
The protest followed the police registration of an FIR on 19-year-old Sahil Lochab’s complaint.
Lochab said he suffered pellet injuries during a July 20 student protest at Jantar Mantar.
Police registered the case under Sections 118 and 25 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Gandhi alleged the FIR was delayed because police were under pressure from senior authorities, a claim police did not address in the report.
- Who
- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and 19-year-old complainant Sahil Lochab were involved; the Delhi Police registered the FIR.
- What
- Gandhi ended a more than six-hour dharna after police registered an FIR concerning Lochab’s alleged pellet injuries.
- When
- Friday; the injuries were reported to have occurred during a July 20 student protest.
- Where
- Outside the Parliament Street police station in New Delhi; the injuries occurred at Jantar Mantar.
- Why
- Gandhi was protesting after police had allegedly declined for nearly a month to register Lochab’s complaint.
- Protester
- Rahul Gandhi
- Complainant
- Sahil Lochab, 19
- Protest duration
- More than six hours
- Reported injuries
- Pellet injuries, including an eye injury affecting Lochab’s vision
- Incident location
- Jantar Mantar
- FIR provisions
- Sections 118 and 25 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Police station
- Parliament Street police station, New Delhi