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In Kashmir, most pellet gun victims wait for compensation even a decade later
['Safwat Zargar']
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Two of them have moved the Supreme Court seeking a ban on the use of pellet guns.
In Kashmir, where the pellet guns have caused extensive injury, most of the victims – unlike Mushtaq – have not received any compensation or jobs.
A year later, Mehbooba Mufti told the state Assembly that the government had provided jobs to only 13 pellet victims on compassionate grounds.
In addition, the government had also provided financial assistance to at least 22 pellet victims.
When she heard that pellet guns had been used in Delhi on July 20, she was distraught.