ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): Indian Supreme Court has asked its
government to consider means other than use of pellet guns to
quell stone pelting mobs in occupied Kashmir as it concerns life
and death.
According to Kashmir Media Service, a bench headed by Chief Justice J S
Khehar also expressed concern over injuries suffered by minors involved
in protests.
The top court asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to file a
detailed reply on what alternate effective steps could be taken to
deal with agitating mobs in Kashmir.
On December 14 last year, the Supreme Court had said pellet
guns should not be used “indiscriminately” for controlling street
protests in Jammu and Kashmir and be resorted to only after
“proper application of mind” by the authorities.
A bench headed by the then Chief Justice T S Thakur had
issued notices to New Delhi and Srinagar while seeking their
replies on a plea about excessive use of pellet guns in the
territory.