Priors
Kashmir unrest after the killing of Burhan Wani, 2016

Commission of inquiry

21 Jul 2016

In power
BJP — Centre
Acted
Centre

Replying to the Lok Sabha debate on 21 July, Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced an expert committee to recommend non-lethal alternatives to pellet guns, to report within two months. On 26 July he approved a seven-member committee chaired by T. V. S. N. Prasad, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, with officers of the CRPF, BSF, J&K Police and Ordnance Factory Board and experts from TBRL Chandigarh and IIT Delhi. In Srinagar on 25 August he said an alternative would be given within a few days. Tribune News Service reported that the committee favoured chilli-based PAVA shells, and a government official told PTI on 29 August that pellet guns would not be banned but would be used only in the rarest of rare cases. [4][6][5][1][2][3][7][8]

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Sources

  1. 1PRS Parliament Diary: Monsoon Session Day 4, 21 July 2016PRS Legislative Research, 21 Jul 2016T5 SecondaryArchived 15 Jan 2019
  2. 2#KashmirNow: GoI to review use of pellet gunsKashmir Life, 21 Jul 2016T5 SecondaryArchived 22 Jul 2016
  3. 3Govt will look at non-lethal alternatives to pellet guns: Rajnath SinghPTI via rajnathsingh.in (Home Minister's website), 22 Jul 2016T5 SecondaryArchived 29 Nov 2021
  4. 4Lok Sabha Debates, 21 July 2016 (English version, translated by the Lok Sabha Secretariat with AI tools): discussion under Rule 193 on the situation in the Kashmir Valley, reply of the Home Minister, pp. 87-105Lok Sabha Secretariat, 21 Jul 2016T1 Record
  5. 5J&K High Court Bar Association vs Union of India and others, WP(C) (PIL) No. 14/2016 (judgment quoting the order of 21 September 2016)High Court of Jammu and Kashmir (text on Indian Kanoon), 11 Mar 2020T2 CourtArchived 14 Mar 2020
  6. 6Expert Committee for exploring other possible alternatives to Pellet Guns as Non-lethal Weapons constituted (PIB release, copy on the Home Minister's website)rajnathsingh.in (Home Minister's website), 26 Jul 2016T1 RecordArchived 29 Nov 2021
  7. 7In place of pellet guns, chilli-based 'PAVA shells' likelyThe Tribune, 26 Aug 2016T5 Secondary
  8. 8No blanket ban on pellet guns, but to be used in rare casesPTI via Business Standard, 29 Aug 2016T5 SecondaryArchived 2 Sep 2016