Amidst major concern over the use of pellet guns as a tool to control unruly mobs in Jammu and Kashmir, a new report states that they can be replaced with newly-developed PAVA shells. PAVA shells are a chilli-based non-lethal munition, which temporarily incapacitates the targets and renders them immobile for several minutes. The option has been suggested by an expert committee constituted by the Union Home Ministry.