India, July 30 -- Pellet gun injuries can cause irreversible damage, including blindness, nerve damage and permanent disability, medical experts have said. This comes amid an ongoing political and legal row over their alleged use during the July 20 student protest in Delhi.

The Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel allegedly used pellet ammunition to disperse students marching from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament over the NEET paper leak. The protest ended with police lathi-charging at protesters and using tear gas to disperse the crowd.

Images of injured protesters showing pellet-like wounds later circulated online. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held a press conference with one such student who was injured with metal pellets.

The Central...