Authorities in India's capital used pellet guns against student protesters, according to reports and hospital records from July 2026. The deployment of the weapons marks an escalation in crowd control tactics, following their prior use in the region of Kashmir.
Activists have stated that the use of pellet guns represents a broader pattern of repression mirroring tactics from India’s Kashmir playbook. Despite physical and medical documentation from hospitals indicating injuries consistent with pellet ammunition, authorities have officially denied using the weapons against the demonstrators.
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