New Delhi: A day after an investigation by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) revealed that a Rapid Action Force (RAF) jawan fired at least seven rounds from his pellet gun, with five rounds hitting peaceful protesters, a general diary entry filed at the Parliament Street police station shows that the RAF fired two rounds from an anti-riot gun on the directions of a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). The Delhi Police had claimed last week that reports of police use of pellet guns against protesters were false.The entry, which was registered at 1.24 am on July 20, says that “on the orders of the DCP,” the RAF deputy commandant fired 55 rounds of non-electrical shells, 15 rounds of electrical shells, five tear gas granites and two rounds of ballistic cartridges with plastic pellets from an anti-riot gun, reported The Hindu after analysing the diary entry.The RAF, an anti-riot unit under the CRPF, was deployed in the national capital on last Monday (July 20) when the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) organised its “Chalo Sansad” alongside different student unions, demanding the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, who was the Union education minister at the time.Reports of pellet gun use were first publicised on July 20, including by the Cockroach Janata Party using the image of victim Shaikh Irshad Mansoori, on whom The Wire has reported. The Delhi Police responded to the claim, saying that these reports were false. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi, said on X, “Reports claiming that police forces are using pellet guns against peaceful protesters are completely false and misleading. The public is strongly advised not to share or circulate unverified content. Please verify facts from official sources before posting or forwarding any information.”Multiple civilians reported grave pellet gun injuries after the July 20 protest in Delhi, including a 19-year-old Delhi University student who may lose vision in one eye due to the injury.The contentious shotguns, often used as a supposedly “less-lethal” alternative to live ammunition by Indian security forces, especially in border regions such as Kashmir, were deployed for the first time in the national capital on July 20 against unarmed protesters.In the light of various reports of pellet gun injuries, two victims, Prashant Kumar Singh and Sheikh Irshad Mansoor, on Monday (July 27) moved the Supreme Court seeking a ban on the use of “partly or wholly” metallic pellet guns for crowd control measures against civilian gatherings.