Dipke Confronts Police Over Jantar Mantar Pellet Injuries

Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has renewed pressure on Delhi Police after meeting two men injured by pellet fire during the party’s July 20 march near Parliament. Dipke said both men, Sahil and Vikas, were protesting peacefully at Jantar Mantar when security forces opened fire with pellet guns, and he is asking authorities to account for their injuries even as officials continue to deny any brutality.

Victims Describe Lasting Damage

According to Dipke, Sahil is a political science student who worked part-time to support a family of five after his father became disabled. Dipke said Sahil still has pellets lodged in one eye and has permanently lost vision in it, leaving him unable to work. A third protester, Prashant, was also reportedly struck during the same demonstration, with several people sustaining serious pellet wounds that day.

Supreme Court Panel Investigates

The allegations come as a five-member Supreme Court-appointed panel, headed by former judge R Subhash Reddy, examines the police’s use of force during the march, including the deployment of pellet guns and whether crowd-control measures followed due process. Official general diary records reportedly confirm that the Rapid Action Force fired at least two rounds of pellets on instructions from senior Delhi Police officials during the protest.

Dipke’s remarks add to mounting scrutiny of how Delhi Police handled the demonstration, with victims’ accounts likely to feature prominently as the judicial inquiry proceeds. The case has drawn wider political attention, with the panel’s eventual findings expected to shape the debate over crowd-control tactics used against protesters in the capital.