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Union home minister Rajnath Singh has approved the use of chilli-based PAVA shells for crowd controlling as an alternative to pellet guns which would still be used in rarest of rare cases. PAVA shells are non-lethal munition which temporarily incapacitates the targets and renders them immobile for several minutes.
The decision comes in the wake of major controversy and uproar over the use of pellet guns in Jammu and Kashmir which has
been on boil since July 8. Hundreds of protesters have sustained grave eye injuries, while scores have been blinded, as the security officials use pellet guns for crowd-controlling.
Rajnath Singh, who is scheduled to visit the valley tomorrow , had assured during his last visit on August 24 that an alternative to pellet guns would soon be found. An expert panel of the home ministry was set up and the use of PAVA was recommended by a seven-member expert committee, headed by Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry T V S N Prasad, in its report submitted on August 29.
Earlier, officials had said that PAVA shells were on trial for over a year at the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR).
The name PAVA stands for Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide, also called Nonivamide, and is an organic compound found characteristically in natural chilli pepper.
On the Scoville scale (the degree to measure the power of chilli), PAVA is categorised as "above peak", meaning it will severely irritate and paralyse humans, but temporarily. It is also used as a food additive to add pungency, flavouring and spicy effect to food
Government approves use of chilli-based PAVA shells for mob control - Times of India
The decision comes in the wake of major controversy and uproar over the use of pellet guns in Jammu and Kashmir which has
been on boil since July 8. Hundreds of protesters have sustained grave eye injuries, while scores have been blinded, as the security officials use pellet guns for crowd-controlling.
Rajnath Singh, who is scheduled to visit the valley tomorrow , had assured during his last visit on August 24 that an alternative to pellet guns would soon be found. An expert panel of the home ministry was set up and the use of PAVA was recommended by a seven-member expert committee, headed by Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry T V S N Prasad, in its report submitted on August 29.
Earlier, officials had said that PAVA shells were on trial for over a year at the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR).
The name PAVA stands for Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide, also called Nonivamide, and is an organic compound found characteristically in natural chilli pepper.
On the Scoville scale (the degree to measure the power of chilli), PAVA is categorised as "above peak", meaning it will severely irritate and paralyse humans, but temporarily. It is also used as a food additive to add pungency, flavouring and spicy effect to food
Government approves use of chilli-based PAVA shells for mob control - Times of India
