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INDIA:CAMPAIGN AGAINST STATE REPRESSION (CASR) STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE BRUTAL STATE REPRESSION UNLEASHED AGAINST PROTESTING YOUTH IN DELHI
PRESS STATEMENT
Date: 22 July, 2026
*CAMPAIGN AGAINST STATE REPRESSION (CASR) STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE BRUTAL STATE REPRESSION UNLEASHED AGAINST PROTESTING YOUTH IN DELHI*
STOP THE BRUTAL CRACKDOWN ON DEMOCRATIC PROTESTS!
_END THE MILITARISATION OF CIVIL POLICING AND THE CRIMINALI
SATION OF DISSENT!_
The Campaign Against State Repression (CASR) strongly condemns the brutal and indiscriminate repression unleashed by the Indian state against thousands of young people and democratic protesters marching towards Parliament in Delhi.
The response of the state was not one of maintaining public order but of violently crushing democratic dissent. The Delhi Police, along with paramilitary forces, launched a coordinated assault on protesters through repeated lathi-charges, the use of tear gas, and the firing of pellet guns. Numerous protesters sustained serious injuries during the crackdown. Disturbing visuals have also emerged showing persons in plain clothes assaulting protesters, including women, alongside uniformed police personnel, raising serious concerns about the use of unidentified individuals in state violence against citizens.
*Use of Pellet Guns in Delhi Marks a Dangerous Escalation*
One of the most alarming aspects of the crackdown was the reported use of pellet guns against protesters.
For more than a decade, pellet guns have become synonymous with the brutal repression witnessed in Kashmir, where thousands of civilians—including children and youth—have suffered permanent blindness and life-altering injuries. Their deployment against civilians has been criticised by numerous human rights organisations for causing indiscriminate and irreversible harm.
The reported use of pellet guns against protesters in the national capital represents a deeply disturbing expansion of this repressive model from Kashmir to Delhi. The normalisation of such weapons against citizens exercising their democratic rights signals a dangerous erosion of constitutional freedoms and raises serious concerns regarding the state's increasing militarised approach to public protests.
*The Role of Delhi Police Special Cell Raises Grave Concerns*
CASR is deeply disturbed by reports and visual evidence showing Delhi Police Special Cell Inspector Nishant Dahiya participating in the assault on protesters.
This development cannot be viewed in isolation. In March this year, ten activists—including student activists and labour rights activists—were illegally abducted, detained, and brutally tortured by officials of the Delhi Police Special Cell at its New Friends Colony office. Those illegal detentions and allegations of custodial torture took place under the supervision of Inspector Nishant Dahiya. Proceedings relating to these incidents are presently pending before the Delhi High Court.
The participation of the same officer in suppressing a mass democratic protest demonstrates a disturbing pattern in which specialised counter-terror policing units are increasingly being deployed against democratic movements rather than genuine security threats.
It is equally disturbing that such an officer has been honoured with a Gallantry Award. Rewarding officials against whom serious allegations of custodial torture and human rights violations remain under judicial scrutiny sends a dangerous message of impunity.
*A Pattern of State Violence Against Democratic Movements*
The brutal repression witnessed in Delhi is not an isolated event but part of a long and disturbing pattern of state violence against democratic struggles.
From the anti-CAA/NRC protests in Delhi, where protesters lost their lives and hundreds were subjected to arrests and repression, to repeated crackdowns on Adivasi communities resisting displacement and defending their Jal, Jungle and Jameen, the Indian state has repeatedly responded to peaceful democratic assertion with excessive force.
Across Adivasi regions, communities protecting their ancestral lands have faced police firing, arbitrary arrests, destruction of protest sites, and criminalisation under draconian laws. Instead of addressing legitimate democratic demands, governments have increasingly relied upon coercive policing, militarisation, and extraordinary laws to silence dissent.
The events in Delhi once again demonstrate this continuing pattern of intolerance towards democratic protest.
*Defending Democratic Rights Is a Collective Responsibility*
CASR believes that the defence of democratic rights cannot depend upon political affiliation or ideological agreement. Every attack on peaceful protesters weakens constitutional democracy itself.
We call upon trade unions, student organisations, farmers' movements, women's organisations, civil liberties groups, lawyers, journalists, writers, artists, and all democratic citizens to unite against the growing authoritarian assault on the people's right to organise, protest, and dissent.
Silence in the face of such repression will only embolden further attacks on democratic rights.
Our Demands
1. Conduct an independent judicial inquiry into the police violence and the reported use of pellet guns against protesters.
2. Identify and prosecute all police personnel and individuals in plain clothes involved in assaults on peaceful demonstrators.
3. Investigate the role of Delhi Police Special Cell officers, including Inspector Nishant Dahiya, in the violent suppression of protests.
4. End the deployment of specialised counter-terror policing units against democratic movements.
5. Uphold the constitutional rights to freedom of speech, peaceful assembly, and association.
The Campaign Against State Repression stands in solidarity with all those injured, assaulted, and subjected to state violence while exercising their democratic right to protest. We reaffirm our commitment to resisting every attempt to criminalise democratic movements and call upon all people committed to justice, liberty, and constitutional values to stand united against this growing authoritarianism.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST STATE REPRESSION (CASR)
Organising Team:
(AIRSO, AISF, APCR, ASA, BASF, BSM, Bhim Army, bsCEM, CEM, COLLECTIVE, CRPP, CSM, CTF, DISSC, DSU, DTF, Forum Against Repression Telangana, Fraternity Movement, IAPL, Innocence Network, Karnataka Janashakti, LAA, Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan, Mazdoor Patrika, NAPM, Nazariya Magazine, Nishant Natya Manch, Nowruz, NTUI, People's Watch, Rihai Manch, Samajwadi Janparishad, Samajwadi Lok Manch, Bahujan Samajwadi Manch, United Peace Alliance, WSS, Y4S)
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