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| HC reserves order on pepper, pellet use on unruly mob | | | early times report
Srinagar Oct 21: Division Bench of J&K High Court comprising Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice Ali Mohd Magrey reserved orders on various Public Interest Litigations (PILs) seeking ban on use of pellet and pepper gas to disperse unruly mobs in the state.
After hearing advocate general M I Qadri and advocates representing petitioners the court reserved orders on various Public Interest Litigations seeking ban on use of pellet and pepper gas to disperse unruly mobs in the state pertinently J&K police already had ruled out any adverse effects due to use of pepper gas on protests, stating that there is enough scientific evidence to prove conclusively that these munitions were completely safe for use against humans.
The police have also revealed that since 2011 it had procured 15,000 units of non-lethal munitions, which includes 12,500 units of pepper gas (Oleoresin) grenades as part of its non-lethal methods of crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir.
"The petitioner has tried to make an issue out of the use of tear smoke/ oleoresin grenades and other non-lethal munitions for controlling unruly mobs", the Inspector General of Police (Personnel), Police Headquarters, has submitted in the objections filed. "It (Police) has also provided the toxicology report of tear gas munitions containing ortho-chlorobenzylidene malononitrate compound and tear smoke munitions filled with pepper gas, the police added. Pointing out the deleterious impact of the Pepper gas on health, the petitioners have underlined the susceptibility of humans to its toxic action," states one of the PILs. Another citing media reports in support of the contention underscoring hazardous effects of the noxious pepper gas, it has caused multifarious disorders, diseases and uneasiness especially among the children. Referring to the direction of State Human Rights Commission and state's "oblivious approach" to it, the PIL stated that this gas is of hazardous nature and can induce or aggravate respiratory diseases, pulmonary edema, acute elevation in blood pressure which is associated with risk of stroke and heart attack." |
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