New Delhi: At least 10 people were injured by pellet guns during the parliament march on July 20 amid the student protests in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, according to new responses to recent Right to Information (RTI) filings.Prior to this RTI response, five people had been reported to have suffered pellet injuries. With the latest responses, the confirmed number of injured victims has at least doubled.An RTI was filed by former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saket Gokhale. In response, Lady Hardinge Medical College informed that nine people had suffered pellet injuries. Meanwhile, Safdarjung Hospital, in its RTI response, said that one person had suffered a pellet injury.Gokhale said that responses from AIIMS and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital are still awaited.These are the hospitals where most of the injured student protesters from the police lathicharge and other means of violence in the name of crowd control on July 20 were admitted.Students were protesting in Delhi under the leadership of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), demanding the resignation of then Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan. On July 20, the protesters planned to march towards the parliament. During this, security personnel used heavy force to disperse the crowd. Multiple videos of police brutality are available on social media.There were several videos of injured protesters from March 20, a few of which were verified by The Wire to be with pellet-like wounds.However, Delhi Police has denied the use of pellet guns on protesters. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) also denied the use of pellet guns in its fact-check, calling the reports false. But a general diary entry filed at the Parliament Street police station on July 22 admitted that the Rapid Action Force (RAF) fired two rounds from an anti-riot gun.The response received from Lady Hardinge Medical College said that 81 injured people had been admitted there, of whom 35 were police personnel and 46 were protesters.Meanwhile, Safdarjung Hospital said, in its RTI response, that 25 police personnel and four protesters were received between “12 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. on 20 July with injuries stated or recorded as having been sustained at or in the vicinity of Jantar Mantar.”Sharing the responses received from both hospitals, Gokhale wrote on X, “What sort of a joke of a democracy is it where the police use pellet guns, lie about it, and then refuse to disclose the number of victims when confronted?”He went on to say, “Pellet guns were used on unarmed protestors in the heart of the CAPITAL CITY OF INDIA and the govt & police are still hiding the details. Why hasn’t the Modi Govt released a confirmed number for pellet gun victims?”Advocating for Amit Shah’s immediate resignation, he alleged that Amit Shah has been using the police and central agencies as his personal mafia.Very importantUntil now, there were reports of 5 people with pellet gun injuries during the Jantar Mantar protests on 20th July.However, records procured from hospitals show that the confirmed number is AT LEAST DOUBLE i.e. 10 persons.The break-up is:👉 Lady Hardinge… pic.twitter.com/qo8MjDKKjj— Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) August 10, 2026The Wire also met 24-year-old Irshad Mansoori, a resident of Gurugram, originally from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, in hospital during his treatment. He had allegedly suffered injuries from a weapon that caused pellet-like injuries. He underwent three hours of surgery after sustaining the injuries.In a selfie that Irshad clicked from the hospital bed, small, pellet-like injuries were visible across his face and neck. His friend accompanying him in the hospital, had told The Wire, “according to the doctor two of his injuries – one under his eye and another on his throat – were particularly bad”. In The Wire’s presence, hospital staff had asked the friend to sign a piece of paper saying that he had been made aware that Irshad may lose his eyesight during the surgical procedure, and doctors would not be responsible for this. Irshad and his friend were near the Connaught Place area when Irshad was injured, his friend alleged, and the weapon used was wielded by an RAF jawan from around 40-50 metres away. He and his friend did not see anyone else hit by a similar weapon, they had told The Wire.The RAF comes under the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and had been deployed during the protests.Seeking information on the matter, The Wire called the media officers (PROs) of both hospitals, but they could not be reached.The director’s office at Safdarjung Hospital was also contacted, where the staff said that the director was not available to take calls at the time. Meanwhile, when the medical officer’s office at the hospital was contacted, their personal assistant said that information regarding the matter could be obtained from the RTI department.When The Wire contacted the RTI department at Safdarjung, an official, Mahesh Mangla, said that he did not have information about the matter. He said that his role was only to forward the response provided by the hospital and that he was not aware of the contents of the response.No official from Lady Hardinge Medical College could be reached. The RTI department did not answer the call, and the medical officer was in a meeting.