SRINAGAR: Amnesty International India today sought an immediate ban on the use of pellet guns as a crowd- control measure in Kashmir, asserting that violence in any form, including stone-pelting, was not acceptable.
The rights body released a report, “Losing Sight in Kashmir – The Impact of Pellet-Firing Shotguns”, here and urged the Jammu and Kashmir Government to initiate a prompt, independent and impartial probe into incidents, where the use of pellet guns led to deaths or injuries.
The report named 88 people, who were injured by pellets fired by security forces to quell protests in the Valley between 2014 and 2017.
Of them, 31 suffered injuries to both the eyes, with two of them losing their vision completely, the report said. (AGENCIES)
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