Highlights 1 21,000 rounds of plastic bullets have been sent to the Kashmir Valley to tackle street protests. 3 Tests show that these plastic bullets are less lethal. The CRPF has sent 21,000 rounds of newly-developed and "less lethal" plastic bullets to the Kashmir Valley to tackle street protests, says a top officer of the force. This will reduce our dependence on pellet guns and other non-lethal weapons used for crowd control," CRPF Director General (DG) R R Bhatnagar told PTI. Bhatnagar said both 47 and 56, the AK series of rifles, are used by the CRPF units deployed in the Kashmir Valley.

Source: India Today October 07, 2017 11:26 UTC