Pellet gun usage during Delhi protest: CRPF says not liable to disclose any information in RTI reply
Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale is challenging the CRPF's refusal to disclose information regarding the use of pellet guns on protesters in Delhi. The CRPF maintains that the use of such weapons does not constitute a human rights violation under RTI exemptions.
Why it matters
The case raises significant questions regarding government transparency, the definition of human rights violations, and the use of force against protesters.
Use of pellet guns on protestors in Delhi is not a human-rights violation, CRPF has claimed, Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale said on Monday (August 31, 2026).
The former Rajya Sabha MP said he would submit the CRPF's reply to the Supreme Court.
In a post on X, Mr. 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 protestors in Delhi on July 20, the day students took out a march to Parliament at the call of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP).
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