Students deserve justice: Rahul Gandhi demands SC-supervised probe into police action

Indian Youth Congress members take out a rally in New Delhi on Thursday. PIC/PTI

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said students deserve justice and asserted that an independent Supreme Court-monitored high-powered committee must be constituted to probe the police "brutalities" against them.

"Students deserve justice. An independent SC-monitored high powered committee must be constituted to probe brutalities against our students," Gandhi said on X, referring to the crackdown on agitators by security forces during the July 20 Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protest march to Parliament and on student demonstrators in other parts of the country.

Gandhi had earlier demanded the sacking of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, alleging that by ordering the "brutalities" on students, Shah was culpable and hence should be removed.

In a post on X, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said, "Pellet gun fire was used against our youth, against our students. Either this happened with the authorisation of Home Minister Amit Shah, or it happened without his top-down direction. Both scenarios reflect the irresponsibility of the Home Minister or the Prime Minister."

Meanwhile, the Delhi government on Thursday said that the police will not take any legal adverse action against individuals who participated in the CJP-led protest, but those with criminal background will have to face action.

Delhi Police has so far registered 13 FIRs and identified more than 2800 people with criminal background who participated in the protest march.

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