On the directions of the DCP, according to the officials quoting the police station record, the RAF fired 55 non-lethal shells, 15 electrical shells, five tear smoke grenades, two rounds from the anti-riot guns and two rounds of plastic pellets on July 20.
Officials said one round of the non-lethal plastic pellets contains four pieces and they are different from the metal pellets that pierce the body. The plastic pellets do not cause much harm, the officials said.
The use of force, especially pellets, against the protesters has become another major flashpoint with the Opposition targeting the government and demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament.
There have been two to three reports of protesters suffering grievous pellet injuries during this protest march called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as Union Education Minister over the NEET-UG question paper leak.
Pradhan resigned on Saturday, and the month-long CJP protest was called off.
Multiple police, RAF and CRPF personnel were also injured during these protests.
The Delhi Police has said on record that the claims of use of pellets against “peaceful protestors ” were completely false and misleading”.
The CRPF and the RAF have not commented on the subject till now.
“Now, since agitation has been called off, and assembled people have dispersed, we would make a professional post-event assessment, like we do after every major assignment, and then let you know the view of the Force Hq (headquarters),” CRPF Director General (DG) G P Singh has said.
