Tag: Pellet Guns
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Teenager injured during protests in Kashmir dies in Srinagar hospital
According to officials, the young boy was injured with a blunt object that day when the angered crowd was protesting abrogation of Article 370.
September 4, 2019 -
Less lethal plastic bullets to replace pellet gun in J-k: Govt
Less lethal plastic bullets will be used to tackle law and order situations in Jammu and Kashmir, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir also said the government has no plans for enhanced use of bunkers to protect security forces from stone throwers after the annual...
March 20, 2018 -
Unending infamy
In terms of direct firepower there is no comparison between the 155 mm Bofors field howitzer and the “non-lethal” pellet-guns of Kashmir infamy, but the political back blast of both is as devastating as it is unending. Every now and then kickbacks in the Swedish gun deal ~ which caused the ouster of the Rajiv...
September 16, 2017 -
Use of pellet guns, stone pelting must end in Kashmir: SC
Taking note of the frequent stone pelting instances in the Kashmir valley, the Supreme Court on Friday said it will ask the government to not use pellet guns on the protesters if there was no violence and students return to their classes. Asking leaders of the J-K Bar Association to come forward with positive suggestions to...
April 28, 2017 -
Magical gunsmiths?
Some 60 years ago the acerbic VK Krishna Menon had members of the US delegation at the United Nations Security Council squirming in their seats when he asked if American technology was so advanced that it produced guns which fired in one direction only — his way of flaying Washington DC’s line that the weaponry...
February 28, 2017 -
Weapon of shame
It is not surprising that the Central Reserve Police Force should decline to respond to an RTI petition to furnish details of the use of pellet guns for crowd-control in the Kashmir Valley ~ earlier the producers of that highly-controversial weapon, the Indian Ordnance Factory Board, had cited “security reasons” for not presenting details of...
January 11, 2017