{"id":131764,"date":"2026-08-24T10:40:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=131764"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:40:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:40:55","slug":"amnesty-international-says-police-in-india-used-excessive-force-during-youth-led-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/131764\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International says police in India used excessive force during youth-led protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW DELHI(National Times)- Indian police used excessive force, including electric shock devices and pellet guns, against youth-led protests that forced the education minister to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2018286\">resign<\/a>\u00a0last month, Amnesty International said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A report from the rights group clashes with the police account that force was used only after protesters turned violent, and comes after India\u2019s Supreme Court set up a panel on Thursday to investigate violence by both police and demonstrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Demonstrations in the capital New Delhi, triggered by the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2018272\/betrayal-after-years-of-sacrifice-the-young-victims-of-indias-exam-leak-scandal\">&nbsp;leak&nbsp;<\/a>of the national medical entrance test, turned violent on July 20 when thousands of protesters&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2016990\">attempted&nbsp;<\/a>to march towards parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amnesty said witness testimony and visual evidence it had verified confirmed the use of \u201cpellet-firing shotguns, tear gas launchers, grenades, batons and electric shock devices against protesters\u201d in Delhi and the eastern state of Bihar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amnesty said it had also verified two instances of a police officer \u201cunlawfully using lethal force against a crowd\u201d in Bihar\u2019s Siwan district. No one was killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe weapons were deployed in a manner that breached international law and standards and domestic policing guidelines,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amnesty said that there were \u201cisolated incidents of protesters throwing stones\u201d, but that the \u201cheavy-handed response was state-sanctioned violence masked as crowd control\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delhi Police said in a Supreme Court hearing last week they had used force only after protesters \u201cresorted to violence\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They said anti-social elements \u201cmasquerading as aggrieved students\u201d caused \u201cgrievous injuries\u201d to security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, opposition leader Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in outside a Delhi police station with a 19-year-old protester who said he was injured by pellets during the July 20 demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gandhi demanded a police investigation into the shooting, and officers later registered a case over the complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Led by the online&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2005616\/hundreds-join-protest-led-by-indias-viral-cockroach-party\">Cockroach Janta Party<\/a>&nbsp;(CJP), the protests broadened from anger over exam irregularities into a wider movement over unemployment, opportunities for young people and what critics describe as Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s increasingly authoritarian rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protests proved to be the biggest challenge that Modi has faced after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1836173\">winning&nbsp;<\/a>a third term in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI(National Times)- Indian police used excessive force, including electric shock devices and pellet guns, against youth-led protests that forced the education minister to\u00a0resign\u00a0last month, Amnesty International said on Monday. 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