"The use of pellets guns has yet to be
banned in Kashmir valley, but to control the crowd it will be seldom
used," said government top official.
The
statement came after a high level meeting was held to review the ground
realities and the damages faced by the public.
The use will be
only in rarest of rare cases, but the option of firing pellets guns will remain
in existence.
It is noteworthy,
the killing of Hizbul militant commander, Burhan Wani, has spill the violence
in the valley during the last 51 days. the security forces to control the mob's
outrage, stone pelting and firing used pellets guns, which caused a big
criticism. The weapons use have caused on large-scale injuries.
Mr Rajnath
Singh, the Union Home Minister, had assured during his visit to Kashmir, “the
alternate to the pellets guns will be given to use to the security forces in
forth coming days."
“In the coming few
days, we will give an alternative to the pellets guns. These guns were earlier
considered non-lethal but some incidents have taken place... We formed an
expert committee a month ago which was expected to give report in two months
but it will be coming very soon,” he had said.
The committee held
a demonstration of the newly-developed shells at a test field earlier this week
and gave the thumbs up for use by security forces for crowd control and during
protests like those being witnessed in the Kashmir Valley in place of the
pellet guns which have caused grievous injuries and large-scale blinding.
