Categorised as a “non-lethal” crowd-control method, pellet guns function like hunting shotguns. Azad said: “Pellet guns should be banned in principle for two reasons. The excessive use of police force went beyond the deployment of pellet guns. On the morning of July 20, a truck filled with stones mysteriously appeared near the protest site. How the truck came to be parked in the vicinity of the protest site is yet to be explained by the Delhi Police.