'Metallic foreign bodies’ removed in surgery from protester's body in Delhi, report shows
A medical report for a 25-year-old protester in Delhi confirms the retrieval of multiple metallic foreign bodies, identified as pellets, from his head and neck following a protest. The findings are part of a Supreme Court petition alleging the use of pellet guns by authorities.
Why it matters
The report provides medical evidence in a contentious legal case regarding police conduct and the use of force against protesters.
The medico-legal case (MLC) report of 25-year-old Sheikh Irshad Mansoori – one of the petitioners in the Supreme Court alleging the use of pellet guns during the July 20 protest – said multiple “metallic foreign” bodies were retrieved from his body during surgery, HT has learnt.The MLC – issued by the department of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), dated July 24 and seen by HT – said that “the patient underwent surgery for foreign body retrieval under GA [general anesthesia] on 21/07/2026.”What the MLC saysUnder diagnosis, it said, “Foreign body impaction in multiple sites of head and neck.”Under “ENT Operation Theater (OT) notes”, it said, “Metallic foreign body retrieved (size around 2mm) from right maxillary antrum...Right oral cavity assessed for foreign body. One metallic foreign body of 2mm size retrieved from the right lower labial mucosa..
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