New Delhi: Delhi police have refuted claims circulating on social media that a protester sustained gunshot injuries during the 20th July protest in Central Delhi, which are not corroborated by the Medico-Legal Certificate (MLC) findings.
Delhi Police said that the MLC records a lacerated wound in front of the right tragus, describing the nature of the injury as blunt. As per the doctor’s opinion, it is a simple injury, and there is no evidence of gunshot injury.
The Police clarified that the claim of gunshot injury is not supported by the medical findings on the MLC. It advised the public to verify information through authentic sources before sharing such claims.
Therefore, the claim of gunshot injury is not supported by the medical findings on the MLC, read the statement.
“The public is advised to verify information through authentic sources before sharing such claims,” it further read.
According to the police, the woman had visited Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital on July 20, where doctors prepared her MLC. The police said the official medical document did not mention any gunshot injury and instead recorded a blunt-force injury.
“An MLC is a medico-legal certificate prepared by doctors and provided to the police, forming the basis for further legal action in a criminal case,” a senior police officer said.
