As pellet injuries swell, chorus to ban ‘lethal’ weapon grows

As eye-injuries caused by pellets have gone beyond 100 during the past five days of unrest in Kashmir, the J&K government has come under sharp criticism for failing to ban use of “lethal” pellet guns which have resulted in many deaths and left dozens vision-less. Hospitals in Srinagar, particularly general specialty SMHS hospital, have received 120 cases of pellet injuries, particularly eye and face injuries, since the July 8 killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani. Since 2010, when the pellet gun was used for the first time, different…

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