Editing Plastic bullet (section)

===Use in Jammu and Kashmir===
India's Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory in Chandigarh has developed plastic bullets designed to be fired from conventional rifles as an alternative to using [[Crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir#Pellet guns|pellet guns]] for crowd control.<ref name="Plastic Bullet DH" />

These plastic bullets—not baton rounds—can be fired from [[AK-47]] and [[INSAS rifle]]s and have been used by Indian security forces for [[crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir]] in India. They are used along with other [[Riot control#Riot control agent (RCA)|riot control agents]] such as [[tear gas]], [[chili grenade]]s, and pellet guns ([[riot shotgun]]s that fire pellet cartridges) by security forces against [[Stone pelting in Kashmir|stone pelting]] protesters during violent clashes in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="PAVA shell">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/centre-sends-1-lakh-plastic-bullets-chilli-filled-pava-shells-to-kashmir-valley/story-FvGHCLM1U8S9A7drB439EP.html|title=Centre sends 1 lakh plastic bullets, chilli-filled PAVA shells to Kashmir Valley|last=Ahuja|first=Rajesh|date=20 June 2017|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref>

According to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials, the plastic bullets can only be fired in single shot mode and not in [[Burst mode (weapons)|burst mode]].<ref name="PAVA shell" /> The bullets are claimed to penetrate 20mm into human targets.<ref name="Plastic Bullet DH">{{Cite news
| url = https://www.deccanherald.com/national/plastic-bullet-replace-pellets-711359.html
| title = Plastic Bullet to replace the pellets in Kashmir valley
| last = Ray
| first= Kalyan
| date  = 2019-01-04
| work = Deccan Herald
| department = National/North and Central
| location = Bangalore, India
| publisher = The Printers Mysore
| access-date = 2023-03-15
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190104231100/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/plastic-bullet-replace-pellets-711359.html
| archive-date=2019-01-04
| quote = The bullets with plastic tips can pierce the skin up to 20 mm}}</ref>

21,000{{Nbsp}}rounds of plastic bullets were sent to Kashmir in 2018 for riot control.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/crpf-sends-21000-less-lethal-plastic-bullets-to-kashmir/articleshow/60988863.cms|title=CRPF sends 21000 "less lethal" plastic bullets to Kashmir|date=14 July 2018|work=The Economic Times|access-date=4 January 2019|agency=PTI}}</ref> A anonymous source at the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs claimed that the use of plastic bullets is based on the list of non-lethal weapons approved by the [[United Nations peacekeeping]] standards for crowd control.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kashmir-plastic-bullets-pellet-guns-un-peacekeeping-972172-2017-04-18|title=Using plastic bullets in Kashmir drawn from UN peacekeeping standards for crowd control|last=Kaur|first=Kamaljit|date=18 April 2017|website=India Today|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref>