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Updated August 2nd, 2019 at 17:19 IST

J&K police to get pepper ball launching guns, remotely operated vehicles

The Jammu and Kashmir police will procure pepper ball launching guns (PBLGs) and remotely operated vehicles (RoVs) to deal with the law and order situation in Kashmir Valley, an official said. 

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The Jammu and Kashmir police will procure pepper ball launching guns (PBLGs) and remotely operated vehicles (RoVs) to deal with the law and order situation in Kashmir Valley, an official said. 

The state police recently floated tenders for purchasing 50 PBLGs and two RoVs with water jet disruptors and weapon mounts for their use in the security situation.

"Tenders have been invited from manufacturers or their authorised dealers for the supply of pepper ball launchers and remotely operated vehicles," Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Mubassir Latifi said.

According to the specification, the PBLGs must be capable of launching a pepper-filled projectile at a particular distance to do room intervention, mob dispersal and must be less lethal in nature.

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The pepper ball launching guns should also have PAVA rounds along with with hopper magazines, High Pressure Air (HPA)cylinders and under barrel source of power, it said.

These must be .68 caliber launchers and powered by the high pressure of air at the rate of 3,000 psi with the ability to fire six pepper balls per second.

PAVA stands for Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide, also called Nonivamide. It is an organic compound found in natural chilli pepper.

On the Scoville scale (measures pungency of peppers and chilies), PAVA is categorised as "above peak", meaning it will "severely irritate and paralyse" humans, but the irritation and paralysis will remain "temporary" in nature.  

According to the specification of RoVs, they must be cable of carrying out Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EoD)  surveillance inside aircraft, trains, buildings, installations and bus stands, the official added. 

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Earlier on Friday, in a joint press brief by Chinar Corps Commander Lt General KJS Dhillon and J&K DGP Dilbag Singh in Srinagar they revealed that they had intelligence inputs that there were attempts of attacks on Amarnath Yatra by Pakistan and that they had recovered IEDs and US made Sniper rifle in the route of the Amarnath Yatra. 

Speaking in the press conference, Lt General KJS Dhillon said that Pakistan Army landmine has been recovered from one of the caches of terrorists. He added that it clearly indicates that Pakistan Army is involved in terrorism in Kashmir and declared that it will not be tolerated. IG CRPF Zulfiqar Hasan added on same lines,

"Amarnath Yatra has seen the unprecedented turnout and in spite of many threats it has been peaceful, there have been serious attempts to disrupt the yatra but it has been unsuccessful due to the hard work of security personnel, use of technology and cooperation of people."

(With PTI inputs)  

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Published August 2nd, 2019 at 17:07 IST

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