BBC Verify Footage Undercuts Delhi Police Denial on Pellet Guns

BBC Verify (the BBC's fact-checking unit) analyzed videos showing security forces fired pellet guns at Cockroach Janta Party protesters in Delhi on July 20, 2026. Delhi Police had dismissed such reports as "completely false." Three people were treated for pellet injuries. The CRPF, also questioned, called it "premature to comment." Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi displayed a protester's injuries, accusing the central government of lying.