Indians are very used to the stench of sewage, is what the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) told Israel while rejecting the “stinky bombs” that were to be used on Kashmiris and other protestors.
Israel has been using the said bombs on Palestinian protestors through water cannons since 2008, which wasn’t good enough for the CRPF, as Hindustan Times reported.
“It is called Skunk and is in liquid form. It can be mixed with water for spraying on mobs,” said a senior CRPF official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The CRPF decided to test a few samples of the Israeli product a few months ago. Tests were conducted and the stink bomb was found ineffective.
The tests were carried out in Delhi.
An official who has seen the test report stated that the liquid used in the bomb is harmless. However, the smell takes several days to fade away.
Those who can ignore smell can drink the liquid also.Official
Another official who was part of the team testing the bomb said:
We used it on a captive crowd… consisting of CRPF personnel and general public. But they managed to tolerate the smell without much difficulty. Maybe Indians have a higher threshold of tolerating stench.
The CRPF is searching for non-lethal tools for mob-control in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere. The pellet guns being used currently in Kashmir, following the death of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani are non-lethal but have injured and permanently blinded several people.
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