Pava Shells

Pellet guns vs PAVA shells: Save 'innocent' individuals but don't compromise safety of forces

The Centre would do well to examine that while Pakistan is using aerial and artillery bombardment on its population periodically, it has forced India to go for banning pellet guns through well orchestrated information warfare.

From pellet guns to PAVA shells: A look at other non-lethal crowd-control devices

The expert committee has now proposed the alternative of chilli-filled PAVA shells, a less-lethal munition that temporarily incapacitates the target and renders them immobile for several minutes.

Chilli-filled PAVA shells proposed as alternative to pellet guns in Kashmir

An expert committee constituted by the Union Home Ministry to find alternatives to pellet guns for use in Kashmir has zeroed in potent and newly developed 'PAVA shells', a chilli-based less-lethal munition which temporarily incapacitates the target and renders them immobile for several minutes