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Sahil Lochab seeks FIR after pellet injury cost most vision
The Hindu··21 Aug
Sahil Lochab, 19, a Delhi University student from Najafgarh, has lost 99 percent of vision in his right eye after a pellet injury during the 20 July 2026 Cockroach Janta Party march toward Parliament. Family say he wanted to join the police and was preparing for SSC exams. He was taken to Lady Hardinge, then to AIIMS for surgery.
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What It Means For You
- If you were on the 20 July march, Sahil is one named student whose eye injury is now the subject of an FIR demand at Parliament Street.
- Anyone seeking a police complaint after a protest injury can note he already filed in writing on 14 and 17 August before Friday's sit-in.
- If you are a parent in Najafgarh, his family say he went to Jantar Mantar telling them the protest mattered for his studies.
What's Happening
- Gandhi first went to Mandir Marg station, then to Parliament Street, and met DCP Sachin Sharma before sitting on dharna.
- Sahil showed journalists pellets he said had been removed from his body.
- An RTI reply cited by The Hindu said at least 10 people were injured by pellets on 20 July.
What The Medical File And The Police File Each Say
- Anti-riot guns fire many small metal pellets in one shot. Delhi Police have said they did not use pellet guns on 20 July.
- The 1.24 am general diary at Parliament Street on 22 July recorded two Rapid Action Force rounds on a deputy commissioner's direction.
- A second eye operation on 31 July inserted a lens. Vision had still not returned, and doctors had told him to lie face down for a period.
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