Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in at the DCP Office, Parliament Street Police Station, New Delhi on 21 August 2026, demanding an FIR over student Sahil Lochav's alleged pellet injuries at the Jantar Mantar protest. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Parliament Street Police Station DCP Office in New Delhi on 21 August 2026, pressing Delhi Police to register an FIR over the alleged pellet injuries sustained by student Sahil Lochav during the Jantar Mantar demonstration. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Student Sahil Lochav reportedly sustained pellet injuries during a protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi — a case that prompted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to march to the Parliament Street Police Station on 21 August 2026 and demand a formal FIR. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Rahul Gandhi directly confronted the DCP Office at Parliament Street Police Station in New Delhi on 21 August 2026, demanding accountability from Delhi Police over the alleged use of pellets that reportedly injured student Sahil Lochav at Jantar Mantar. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
On 21 August 2026, Indian National Congress (INC) leader Rahul Gandhi led a sit-in protest outside the DCP Office, Parliament Street Police Station, New Delhi, calling for an FIR in connection with the alleged pellet injuries of student Sahil Lochav during the Jantar Mantar agitation. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
The alleged pellet injuries to student Sahil Lochav during the Jantar Mantar protest sparked a political flashpoint on 21 August 2026, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi staging a demonstration at Parliament Street Police Station to compel Delhi Police to file an FIR. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
As Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi used his constitutional standing to press Delhi Police at the Parliament Street Police Station on 21 August 2026, demanding an FIR over the alleged pellet injuries suffered by student Sahil Lochav at Jantar Mantar. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Delhi Police faced mounting pressure on 21 August 2026 as Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi held a sit-in at the DCP Office, Parliament Street Police Station, demanding registration of an FIR over the alleged pellet injuries to student Sahil Lochav at Jantar Mantar. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
On Friday, 21 August 2026, Rahul Gandhi — Congress leader and Lok Sabha's Leader of Opposition — appeared at the DCP Office, Parliament Street Police Station, New Delhi, to demand an FIR over the alleged pellet injuries to student Sahil Lochav during the Jantar Mantar protest. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
At the heart of Rahul Gandhi's sit-in at Parliament Street Police Station on 21 August 2026 was a single demand: that Delhi Police register an FIR over the alleged pellet injuries sustained by student Sahil Lochav during the Jantar Mantar agitation in New Delhi. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Indian National Congress (INC) mounted direct pressure on Delhi Police on 21 August 2026 as party leader Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in at the Parliament Street Police Station DCP Office, demanding an FIR over the alleged pellet injuries to student Sahil Lochav at Jantar Mantar. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Congress alleges that student Sahil Lochav sustained pellet injuries during a protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi — claims that prompted Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to demand an FIR at Parliament Street Police Station on 21 August 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
By staging a sit-in at Parliament Street Police Station, Rahul Gandhi — in his role as Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha — exercised a constitutional check on Delhi Police, demanding an FIR over the alleged pellet injuries to student Sahil Lochav on 21 August 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Key facts: Who — Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha. Where — DCP Office, Parliament Street Police Station, New Delhi. When — 21 August 2026. Demand — FIR over alleged pellet injuries to student Sahil Lochav at Jantar Mantar. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A student protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi escalated into a political controversy on 21 August 2026 after student Sahil Lochav reportedly sustained pellet injuries, prompting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to stage a sit-in at Parliament Street Police Station demanding an FIR. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Rahul Gandhi went to Parliament Street Police Station on 21 August 2026 because Delhi Police had not registered an FIR over the alleged pellet injuries to student Sahil Lochav during the Jantar Mantar protest — a gap in accountability that Congress sought to highlight publicly. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
Rahul Gandhi's sit-in at Parliament Street Police Station on 21 August 2026 drew national attention to the alleged pellet injuries sustained by student Sahil Lochav at Jantar Mantar, with Congress demanding that Delhi Police register an FIR without further delay. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
A standoff emerged between Congress and Delhi Police on 21 August 2026 after the party's Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in at Parliament Street Police Station, demanding an FIR over the alleged pellet injuries to student Sahil Lochav at Jantar Mantar. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)
In summary: Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in at the DCP Office, Parliament Street Police Station, New Delhi on 21 August 2026, demanding an FIR over the alleged pellet injuries to student Sahil Lochav during the Jantar Mantar protest — highlighting a broader accountability question for Delhi Police. (Photo: NationPress/Deepak Kumar)