Facing rebuke for excessive use of lethal force against the stone-pelting protesters in Kashmir, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is awaiting mandatory clearance from the home ministry to get it equipped with the latest non-lethal weapons for better riot management.
A proposal in this connection is under consideration to equip CRPF with latest non-lethal weapons such as 12 bore automatic guns, rubber bullets and other such items for taking on protesters in a better way. The force will soon acquire the latest equipments already available to Rapid Action Force (RAF) and Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) after getting mandatory clearance from the home ministry.
This was maintained by Inspector General (Jammu range) CRPF A.S. Sidhu while interacting with the media after attending passing out parade of 79th batch of 278 CRPF recruits in Jammu on Wednesday.
IG Sidhu maintained that fresh recruits have been given special training in jungle warfare and anti-insurgency operations so as to fully equip them to handle crucial internal security duties.