Delhi Police register FIR against unknown persons on pellet gun complaint

New Delhi: Following the sit-in staged by Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Police on Friday lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against unknown persons on a complaint by a purported pellet-gun victim, Sahil Lochab.

Gandhi had been staging the sit-in outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police at Delhi’s Parliament Street Police Station, protesting the alleged refusal of the police to register an FIR on Lochab’s complaint

Addressing reporters after the FIR was lodged, Lochab expressed gratitude to the LoP, saying: “I am thankful to Rahul Gandhi ji who sat here for eight hours following which this FIR was registered. His team has been in touch with me for the last one month, and he (Gandhi) himself had been enquiring about my health.”

Stating that he didn’t plan to come in front of the media, he said: “Yesterday when he (Gandhi) had called, I told him that my FIR was not being registered. He immediately asked me to meet him today and assured me that he would get my FIR lodged. I thank him for this.”

He also thanked the public for praying for his recovery because of which he could again stand on his feet despite “200 pellets being lodged in his body”.

“This is a victory for justice,” he asserted.

However, the student said that he is upset that despite the Leader of Opposition and the complainant being present, “it took eight hours for the police to register an FIR”.

“In fact, the FIR might not have been lodged if the LoP had not helped me. From August 14, I have been making frequent visits (to the police station) to lodge an FIR, but it has been registered now, after seven to eight days,” he added.

Further, Lochab said that he had faith that the LoP’s presence would ultimately lead to the filing of the FIR.

His mother also thanked LoP Gandhi for assisting them in getting the FIR registered.

IANS