There is a new alternative to the pellet bullet, the infamous "non-lethal weapon" being used to disperse stone throwers in Kashmir. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a less lethal plastic bullet. The use of pellet bullets as a crowd control measure had injured thousands and hundreds were blinded in the aftermath of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani's killing in 2016. Around 100 people had died in the violent unrest that followed.
