India, July 26 -- The official procurement records do not use the term 'pellet gun'. Instead as 12-bore pump action gun.

Official records of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) show that the Centre has continued to procure the 12 Bore Pump Action Gun, the weapon platform officially used to fire 12-bore shotgun cartridges, including pellet-based and other less-lethal ammunition for crowd and riot control.

A Ministry of Home Affairs release issued through the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on 29 December 2010, records that the government sanctioned the procurement of 640 pieces of 12 Bore Pump Action Guns with cartridges for the CRPF at a cost of Rs 3.50 crore. The sanction formed part of a broad...