Tag: Chilli Shells

SRINAGAR, INDIAN-HELD KASHMIR: A protester died from pellet gun injuries during fresh clashes with security forces on Tuesday in Indian-held Kashmir, a hospital official confirmed, a day after the government said it would replace the weapons with chilli shells.

SRINAGAR: Police and troops in India-Occupied Kashmir will use chilli-based shells instead of pellet guns to quell protests, a minister said on Monday, after hundreds of civilians sustained serious eye injuries in weeks of unrest.