Firing or use of pellet guns only option: CRPF to J&K High Court

New Delhi: Security forces in the Kashmir Valley will continue to use pellet guns till the ongoing spate of violence is contained fully. Top Government sources told this newspaper that any possibility of immediately stopping the use of pellet guns is completely ruled out and this can be considered only after complete peace is restored.

Only once normalcy returns to the Valley will the security forces start scouting globally for non-lethal options to the pellet guns. Home Minister Rajnath Singh had constituted an expert committee to assess the impact of pellet guns. The CRPF in an affidavit to the J&K HC on Thursday had stated that the only option for them in the Valley is either firing or using the pellet gun.