Pellet guns, which have left at least a 1000 people partially or fully blinded during street protests since July last year, will now be fitted with deflectors to minimise injuries to eyes and sensitive organs above the waist. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has received a consignment of the deflectors that will be fitted on all pellet guns in its possession, said its spokesman in Srinagar, Rajesh Yadav. A pellet gun or pump action gun normally fires a single cartridge that spits out as many as 400 small pellets,…
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