Below is the quote from Sameer Patil,
But Sameer Patil, a security analyst with think-tank Gateway House in Mumbai, said that while he disapproved of the use of pellets, it was important to understand the complex conditions security forces were working under.
“The protests in Kashmir no longer involve just the unarmed stone-pelting civilians. Today they are also seeing participation from some armed militants who use the civilians as human shields to attack the forces,” he told Al Jazeera.
“So it is a very difficult choice. But I agree that their use should be minimised and the security forces need to hone their crowd-control skills and look at other ways to contain the protesters,” he said.