What are pellet guns and why are they so lethal?

Over a hundred people are being treated for severe eye injuries, and while the police claim that it is a “non lethal weapon”, doctors treating pellet victims say it maims a person forever. The recent violence in Jammu and Kashmir has brought pellet guns into focus. Over hundred people are being treated for severe eye injuries after security forces fired pellet guns to contain violence triggered after Burhan Wani, a militant, was killed last week. Police claim that it is a “non lethal weapon”, but doctors treating pellet victims say…

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