By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India has asked its security forces to exercise restraint in responding to protests in disputed Kashmir and replace pellet guns with non-lethal weapons, its home affairs minister said on Sunday. Forty six people have been killed and more 5,000 wounded, including Indian security forces, since protests erupted after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8. “I appeal to the youth not to resort to stone pelting and I also want to appeal to the security forces not to use pellets.
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India urges security forces to exercise restraint in Kashmir