“It is a fact that people were injured by the use of non-lethal weapons,” Singh told lawmakers. Home minister Rajnath Singh told lawmakers the government would set up a panel to look for an alternative to the pellet gun in response to questions about responses to a recent surge of violence in the Kashmir region. In his talk with lawmakers, Singh said one person had been killed from pellet shots in the most recent violence in India’s only Muslim-majority state, bringing the total number of deaths from the weapon in Kashmir to seven since 2010. I tell her a lie (to console her) that she will, but it will take time,” he said. In addition, 53 had suffered eye injuries in the past six years, Singh said.

Source: Mint July 21, 2016 17:03 UTC