Youth protests: No person was seriously injured, no lathis were used, claims Kiren Rijiju

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has claimed that no person protesting against the alleged irregularities in competitive exams was seriously injured in the police action in Delhi on July 20, reported ANI.

In an interview aired on Tuesday, Rijiju claimed: “Not a single person was harmed, not a single person suffered a broken bone. Not even one protester is in the hospital with a serious injury.”

His claims came despite a Right to Information response stating that 10 persons were injured by pellets during the July 20 protest march to Parliament.

#WATCH | Delhi: On the Jantar Mantar protest, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju says, "...Not a single person was harmed; not a single person suffered a broken bone. Not even one protester is in the hospital with a serious injury. Consider the scale of this… pic.twitter.com/yD01FYWftx— ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2026

A 19-year-old protester sustained multiple wounds and also lost vision in one eye after being hit by what doctors are reported to have confirmed were pellets.

Scroll found medical records from Safdarjung Hospital that showed that a journalist covering the protest had 26 small, round wounds that doctors described as “consistent with pellets striking” the right side of his body. The journalist told Scroll that he saw security personnel deploying pellet guns and was hit while trying to move...

Read more