Despite all the talk about reducing their use, security forces are unlikely to stop the use of pellet guns in Kashmir. Senior officers in the security establishment say that because of the especially violent nature of crowds in Kashmir, and for the lack of effective crowd control mechanisms, they will have to stick to pellet guns in Kashmir for now. The senior-most officers in paramilitary say that, unlike 2010 protests in Kashmir, when pellet guns were used for the first time in Kashmir, this time round some people taking cover…
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