Sahil Lochav, the pellet gun shelling victim, on Friday said that a First Information Report (FIR) on his complaint perhaps wouldn't have been registered
if Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had not supported him. Thanking the Leader of Opposition for his help, Lochav revealed that it took him eight hours to register the FIR and had been running around trying to get the complaint filed since August 14. "When I spoke to him recently, he (Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi) called to ask about my health. I mentioned that my FIR wasn't being registered. He immediately said, "Let's meet tomorrow; I will go and get your FIR filed." "I want to thank him for helping me so much. This FIR is a first step towards justice. It took eight hours to register the FIR, and perhaps it wouldn't have been registered at all if the LOP hadn't supported me. I had been running around trying to get an FIR filed since August 14th," the victim was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
What The Victim Said?
Notably, Lochav earlier said he underwent surgery at AIIMS; however, he stated that the vision in his eyes is still not clear."On 20th July, pellet guns were fired at me. I was admitted to Lady Hardinge, from there, I was referred to AIIMS. I underwent surgery at AIIMS. But the vision in my eye is still not clear. On August 14, I wrote a 7-page complaint and gave to my lawyer, but the FIR was not registered," Lochav said.
The victim's lawyer had earlier alleged that they tried to initially approach the Connaught Place police station on August 14 to file the FIR; however, they were told that cases related to Jantar Mantar had been transferred to the Parliament Street police station.
"On August 14 we went to the Police Station in Connaught Place. They said that all Jantar Mantar cases have come to Parliament Street Police Station. We came here. They told us that the place of incident is Connaught Place area, so we should go there," the lawyer said.
He further informed that they again returned to the Connaught Place police station, where their complaint was not accepted, and they were made to wait for a long period.
He said they subsequently approached the DCP Crime Branch but were informed that complaints could not be directly submitted there.
The lawyer also cited Lochav's medico-legal case (MLC) report from Lady Hardinge Hospital, claiming that it recorded punctured wounds and bleeding. "This is a clear offence that has happened. We have an MLC copy of Lady Hardinge which says punctured wounds and blood oozing out," he added.
(With agency inputs)
