Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said there were 730 stone pelting incidents in 2015, 2,808 such incidents in 2016 and 1,261 stone pelting incidents in 2017.
There have been 4,799 stone pelting incidents reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the last three years, in which 17 protesters and two security personnel were killed, the Home Ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Giving a breakup of the last three years, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said there were 730 stone pelting incidents in 2015, 2,808 such incidents in 2016 and 1,261 stone pelting incidents in 2017.
“During the last three years, 17 protesters and two security personnel were killed in these incidents,” he said replying to a written question.
Following an increase in pellet gun injuries in 2016 as stone pelting peaked, Ahir said the central government had constituted an expert committee on July 26, 2016 to explore possible alternatives to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons.
The recommendations of the committee were taken into account by the government for appropriate implementation and accordingly, various measures such as using PAVA-Chilli (shells and grenades), STUN-LAC (shells and grenades) and tear smoke shells were used to disperse the unlawful violent protesters before the use of pellet guns, he said.
Other issues
The alleged “confession” of a Congress leader, in a purported sting, on “killing” 100 Sikhs in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Wednesday figured in the Rajya Sabha with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) seeking justice for the victims. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (SAD), whose notice under Rule 267 was converted into a zero hour submission by Chairman M Venkiah Naidu, said new evidence has surfaced after a purported sting operation in which the Congress leader has allegedly “confessed to killing 100 Sikhs”.
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