The Delhi Police on Friday registered an FIR against unidentified persons over pellet injuries suffered by teenager Sahil Lochab during the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) July 20 protests at Jantar Mantar.
Rahul had earlier accompanied Lochab to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) office in New Delhi, demanding action based on the 19-year-old's complaint about the excessive use of force on protesters during the march to Parliament.
The Congress leader then staged a sit-in protest outside the police station, alleging that police had received orders not to register an FIR based on the teenager's complaint.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also joined him in the dharna, which had been taking place at the same time as the Reservation Hatao Andolan protests at Jantar Mantar nearby.
Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel were also deployed at the spot as the dharna gained prominence.
According to a Times of India report citing Congress sources, Lochab and his lawyers had submitted a written complaint to Delhi Police on August 14, but were allegedly neither given an I/O number nor an acknowledgement of any kind about a case being filed.
The sources added that Lochab's lawyers had followed up on August 17 via email and phone, but to no avail.
What happened to Lochab?
Speaking to reporters, Rahul Gandhi earlier showed some of the teenager's injuries due to the alleged use of pellet guns at the CJP protest.
Alleging that about 200 pellets had hit the teenager's body in total, he also pointed out that three of these entered the boy's eye as well, which was threatening his vision in that eye.
The alleged use of pellet guns was also a key argument used by the Lok Sabha Opposition leader against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the Parliament's recent monsoon sessions, where he had claimed that the latter should resign over the "serious crime".
