Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday (October 16, 2026) claimed that Delhi Police is refusing to register an FIR on the “assault” of student protesters by security personnel, and asserted that police can break bones but not a ‘satyagraha’.
Delhi Police is refusing to register an FIR on the assault of our students. Two young women, Athira from Kerala and Ritu from Rajasthan, along with many others, were beaten by Delhi Police. I have spoken to Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala and Rajasthan PCC President Govind Singh Dotasra. A Zero FIR has already been registered in Kerala. We will pursue every legal route against the officers responsible, in Kerala, in Rajasthan and in the courts. Brutality by Amit Shah’s Delhi Police will not go unchecked. Not one of them raised a hand. The world watched. Police can break bones. They cannot break a satyagraha. India’s youth, especially young women, are fearless, determined and united. They are standing up for our democracy, and I stand with them. He had assured the students that action would be taken against all — from the prime minister to the police constable — who acted against students during the recent protests.
In 1930, at Dharasana, Sarojini Naidu led unarmed satyagrahis into police lathis.
The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha also stressed that “brutality by Home Minister Amit Shah’s Delhi Police” will not go unchecked and the Congress will pursue every legal route against the officers responsible. Gandhi said in his post on X. Gandhi said.
