Indian Police Blind Unarmed Delhi University Student Sahil Lochab With Pellet Guns In New Delhi Protests

The recent violence against protesting students in New Delhi shows a shocking misuse of police power. Officers from the Rapid Action Force used heavy weapons against young students during recent demonstrations. Nineteen year old Sahil Lochab was preparing for exams when police shot him. Doctors operated on him at a major hospital, but he has only a one percent chance of seeing again with his right eye. Another student named Shaikh Irshad Mansoori needed surgery to remove metal pellets from his stomach after being shot at close range. Even a working reporter covering the event was hit in the arm and barely escaped fatal injuries. This aggressive action proves how brutal security forces treat young citizens who simply speak up.

Shocking Use Of Military Style Weapons Against Unarmed Youth

Video footage proves that police officers used twelve bore pump action shotguns against the crowd. These shotguns fire dozens of small metal pellets at high speed with every single shot. The pellets spread out in a wide area, making it impossible to aim safely. When officers shoot these guns into a tight crowd, the metal pellets hit people in sensitive body areas like the face and eyes. Ballistics experts confirm that these weapons are unpredictable and cause massive tissue damage. Firing such dangerous guns in busy public areas shows that police officers cared very little about human life and safety.

Dark History Of Pellet Gun Torture Spreads To New Delhi

Security forces first used pellet shotguns against civilians in IIOJK back in the year two thousand ten. Over the past decade, human rights groups recorded more than six thousand pellet gun injuries in IIOJK region alone. More than one thousand of those victims suffered permanent blindness or severe vision loss. Most of the people injured in those incidents were young boys and innocent bystanders. Bringing these deadly weapons from conflict zones straight into New Delhi shows a dangerous trend. The government uses brutal military weapons against its own young people to silence political dissent and create fear.

Horrific Lifetime Injuries Caused By Metal Pellets

Medical experts agree that metal pellets cause terrible long term harm to the human body. Unlike rubber bullets, these sharp metal pieces break through skin and lodge deep inside internal organs and eye tissue. Eye surgeons explain that removing every pellet fragment without causing permanent nerve damage is nearly impossible. Victims face lifelong physical pain, dangerous infections, and severe emotional trauma. Families of these injured students now carry heavy financial burdens for medical care while their children lose their future job opportunities and dreams forever.

Violation Of Basic Human Rights Standards By Security Personnel

International law states clearly that police forces must only use reasonable force during public gatherings. United Nations guidelines restrict weapons that fire blindly into crowds. Global organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch repeatedly call for a total ban on pellet shotguns. By firing these weapons at young students, Indian security forces violated fundamental human rights and constitutional guarantees. Unarmed citizens have a clear legal right to gather peacefully without facing lifetime physical damage from violent state forces.

Demand For Justice And Immediate Permanent Ban On Pellet Guns

The brutal violence against student protesters in New Delhi requires immediate official action and strong legal punishment. The government must establish an independent inquiry to punish every police officer who fired on unarmed civilians. The injured students need full government compensation and lifetime free medical treatment for their injuries. Most importantly, the government must ban pellet shotguns from crowd control everywhere in the country right now. Using military force against young students destroys basic human rights and proves that urgent reforms are needed immediately.