After Outrage, Rapid Action Force Bans Pellet Guns, Shock Weapons In Delhi: Sources

The Rapid Action Force's (RAF) Inspector General Seema Dhundhia has directed personnel to avoid excessive force and strictly adhere to the force's principle of "Sensitive Policing", NDTV has learnt. Sources said the Inspector General told RAF personnel and officers that the "excessive use of force" during the protest at the Jantar Mantar was "unjustified and stressed that force must always be used in a graded and proportionate manner, in accordance with prescribed protocols and RAF training".Sources also said that the Inspector General has ordered that during the RAF's deployment in Delhi under the current circumstances, Projectile Action Guns (PAG), Anti-Riot Guns (ARG), Electric Shock Weapons and Electric Shields will neither be used nor issued until further orders. "She directed all personnel to ensure strict compliance with instructions issued by higher authorities," a source said."The IG reiterated that the core principle of the Rapid Action Force is 'Sensitive Policing'.