Alarmed over recovery of steel piercing bullets at the Shopian encounter site where Jaish-e-Mohammed’s top commander Sajjad Afghani was killed, the security forces have strengthened the bullet-proofing shield of their vehicles and bunkers with an extra layer of protection for blunting such penetrative fire.
Officials in the security establishment were quoted as saying by PTI that forces had recovered 36 rounds of armed steel-core bullets, which have the capacity to pierce the normal protective gears used by the troops, particularly in south Kashmir area.
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Officials, according to PTI, said the vehicles, especially those deployed in South Kashmir, and personnel moving for anti-militancy operations are equipped with shields which have an extra layer of protection for blunting such penetrative bullets.
The first incident of use of “steel core” bullet was noticed on the New Year’s Eve of 2017 when JeM terrorists had carried out a suicide attack on a CRPF camp in Lethpora in south Kashmir.
