New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday approved the use of chilli-based PAVA shells for crowd control measures in the Valley ahead of his visit to Kashmir for the all-party delegation meet, said PTI quoting official sources. The Home Minister cleared the file for use of Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide (PAVA) also called Nonivamide as an alternative to the pellet guns, official sources said.
They said as many as 1000 shells would be reaching the Kashmir Valley tomorrow.
PAVA shells are non-lethal, which temporarily incapacitates the target and paralyses them for a few minutes. The shells actually contain an organic compound found in chillis.
The use of pellet guns and the number of fatal eye injuries in the Valley has resulted in a huge outcry over its use by security forces to control protests. An expert panel was thus setup to find a suitable alternative to pellet guns for crowd-control measures in the wake of violent protests after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8.
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