The use of pellet guns by CRPF is second only to tear smoke shells which have been fired over 4,500 times. The CRPF has ten mandated non-lethal weapons for use in different situations. Written by Deeptiman Tiwary | New Delhi | Updated: July 24, 2016 In the fortnight since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, personnel […]
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Pellets highly lethal, no second opinion: Doctors
‘He said that soft tissues like eyes and heart are most vulnerable to pellets. “If pellets hit the legs of a person, there can be no fatal casualty,” he said. “But in Kashmir, we have seen forces fire directly at eyes and chest, which is dangerous.” ABID BASHIR Srinagar: Amid a raging debate over pellets, […]
Death toll in ongoing Kashmir violence rises to 56
‘Joint program in Islamabad tomorrow’ (Below is List of Killed people) Srinagar, July 24: The death toll in the ongoing Kashmir crises has risen to 56 with the succumbing of four more injured including a woman in the Kashmir. Over 5,000 people have been injured, some of them critically, due to the use of lethal […]
Kashmir unrest: Elderly woman succumbs in Bandipora, death toll 56
Srinagar: An elderly woman who was injured on July 17 when army personnel of 30 RR of Saderkoot Bala in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district goes berserk and fired upon youth and women injuring six including slain Hajira Begum, 95 wife of late Assadullah Bhat resident of Saderkoot Bala.
