Pellet guns with deflectors safe for eyes, fault lies with protesters who bend like bowlers: CRPF

Amid tall claims that deflector-fitted pellet guns won’t target eyes of protesters, paramilitary CRPF Wednesday asserted that they tested the new gadget on a static target and that the fault lies on protesters as they “bend like bowlers.” The CRPF also advocated lessons for the stone pelters to ensure they are not hit in eyes during protests. According to figures available with the SMHS hospital, since Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Bhat and his aide Faizan Muzaffar were killed in an encounter in Tral Saturday last, 34 youth with pellet injuries…

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