2 RAF personnel among four injured in separate incidents; FIR lodged in two cases

New Delhi: Two Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel were allegedly assaulted and attacked by unknown persons in New Delhi’s Tolstoy Marg and a Delhi Police inspector was injured in another incident at Connaught Place on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday

Published on: Jul 23, 2026, 08:23:02 IST

By Jignasa Sinha

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New Delhi: Two Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel were allegedly assaulted and attacked by unknown persons in New Delhi’s Tolstoy Marg and a Delhi Police inspector was injured in another incident at Connaught Place on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.

Protesters at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Police said in a separate case an assistant commissioner of police, Jai Prakash, was injured near Jantar Mantar after he was hit with a stone. Police said they are in the process of registering an FIR.

Police said they have lodged cases in the Tolstoy Marg and Connaught Place incidents against unknown persons. According to the FIR, seen by HT, the cases were registered under disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant, obstructing a public servant, assault and voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from performing duty.

Police said on Tuesday, a scuffle broke out between the RAF personnel and the protesters after an incident of stone pelting. Police said a group of men chased and hit an RAF personnel, who fell to the ground and another personnel, who had gone to rescue his colleague, was waylaid and attacked. Police said the video of the incident has also surfaced. HT couldn’t independently verify its authenticity.

“RAF personnel were attacked. An FIR has been registered,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Sachin Sharma.

Police said an inspector was injured in Connaught Place on Tuesday after police personnel came under attack from a group that included Nihang Sikhs.

The incident occurred when a group, comprising around 10 Nihang Sikhs, carrying swords, was stopped by police, triggering an argument, police said.

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Jignasa Sinha
Jignasa Sinha is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times in New Delhi. With more than six years of reporting experience, she covers crime and policing in the national capital. Her beats also include Delhi prisons, the Delhi Fire Services and Delhi courts, while she regularly reports on gender, labour and social justice. Over the course of her career, Jignasa has reported on major criminal investigations, international crime syndicates, high-profile cyber fraud cases, law-and-order developments, protests, disasters and public institutions. Her reporting combines breaking news with in-depth, long form, human interest stories that examine the human impact of public policy, policing and the criminal justice system. In addition to reporting for the newspaper, she contributes to the Hindustan Times website and app, and plays an active role in coordinating on-ground coverage of major developments and breaking news across Delhi. Before joining Hindustan Times, Jignasa worked at The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi, where she spent five years covering crime, Delhi airport, courts and health. She began her journalism career as an intern at an AI magazine in Bengaluru while pursuing her postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.Read More

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