CRPF refused to share info on pellet use during student protests: Saket Gokhale

New Delhi: Use of pellet guns on protesters in Delhi is not a human-rights violation, CRPF has claimed, Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale said on Monday.

The former Rajya Sabha MP said he would submit the para force's reply to the Supreme Court.

July 20 student stir: 'Info sought related to security matters': RAF declines to reveal details of pellet gun injuriesIn a post on X, Gokhale shared a copy of a Right to Information (RTI) application he filed with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), seeking information on the firing of pellet ammunition by RAF against protesters in Delhi on July 20, the day students took out a march to Parliament at the call of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP).

CRPF claims use of pellet guns on protestors in Delhi is NOT a human rights violation