A Supreme Court-appointed enquiry committee investigating alleged police excesses during youth protests in July and violence against security forces, launched a portal on Saturday for the affected persons to submit their complaints.
Priority will be given to complaints concerning the use of pellet guns, targeted violence and harassment of women protesters, and the excessive use of force and destruction of property by either side, the committee said.
The committee said the portal was designed to protect vulnerable witnesses and keep the identities of affected persons confidential if they wished to remain anonymous.
On August 20, the court had formed the five-member enquiry committee headed by Justice R Subhash Reddy, a retired Supreme Court judge.
The court had set up the panel while hearing petitions alleging that the police used excessive force against protesters marching to Parliament in Delhi on July 20.
The youth protests against alleged mismanagement of several competitive examinations had begun on June 6, when the Cockroach Janta Party political campaign staged a demonstration at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union education minister at the time. Pradhan resigned as the education minister on July 25.
During the protest, several demonstrators were injured after security personnel used lathis, fired tear gas and pellet guns to disperse the crowd.
The committee will also assess the medical and...