Cops Train With Nsg For Mumbai-Like Strike

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[size=4][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left]NEW DELHI: [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Delhi-Police"]Delhi Police[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left] is [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/training"]training[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left] its personnel for extreme [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/challenges"]challenges[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left] like the [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Mumbai-terror-attack"]Mumbai terror attack[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left] on November 26, 2008. The elite [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/SWAT"]SWAT team[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left] of the special cell is being trained by [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/The-National"]the National[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left] Security Guard (NSG) after [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/intelligence-agencies"]intelligence agencies[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left] pointed out the need to secure Delhi's lifeline, the [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Metro"]Metro[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left] , from such attacks. [/left][/font][/color]

[color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left]"The exercise under NSG began last October. The aim is to ensure that we are ready to handle any untoward incident. [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/DMRC-officials"]DMRC officials[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left] and [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/CISF-jawans"]CISF jawans[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left], too, are aware of the exercise and we hope to train our men so that they can react quickly to a hostage situation," said a senior special cell officer. [/left][/font][/color]

[color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left]The development comes following a survey conducted after the Delhi high court blast in 2011. "There is no specific input about an attack on the Metro but we have carried out a survey of all vital installations in the city after the high court blast in 2011. We felt that beefing up security at the Metro is a priority. It is for the same reason that we have placed quick reaction teams across important Metro stations in the trans-Yamuna region, with Northeast district alone having five QRTs," added the officer. [/left][/font][/color][/size]



[size=4][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left]The security wing has also been asked to beef up security for the Tibetan spiritual leader [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Dalai-Lama"]Dalai Lama[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left], who might be targeted by men of Tibetan origin residing in China. [/left][/font][/color]

[color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left]The intelligence inputs, which TOI reported on Saturday , had stated that a Chinese national of Tibetan origin, Tashi Phuntsok, is likely to enter India to gather intelligence on the Tibetan administration as well as cause harm to the Dalai Lama. Five more Chinese nationals of Tibetan origin - all six possibly from Chinese secret services - are also being suspected . "We have received the input and doing the needful," confirmed a police officer. [/left][/font][/color]

[color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left]Delhi Police, which has already put fighting terror on its priority list for 2012, is, for the first time, giving commando training to all its recruits. A batch of 25 [/left][/font][/color][url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Women"]women[/url][color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left] recruits, who have excelled in the basic commando course at the Police training college, were sent to the CRPF training centre at Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh. The commando training has also been made compulsory for all probationary sub-inspectors at the end of their training. [/left][/font][/color]

[color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left]The special cell has also added a mobile forensic van to its investigation facilities to ensure that evidence is collected at the earliest from the blast sites. "The van is equipped to carry out necessary forensic analysis on the spot," said an officer. [/left][/font][/color]

[color=#3F3F3F][font=georgia][left]All the anti-terror measures come in the backdrop of fresh inputs that the Indian Mujahideen, the terror module allegedly working along with Pakistan's ISI, is likely to carry out further attacks in Delhi and Mumbai. Among the possible targets are Barc, DRDO organizations , defence establishments like Mazagoan dock, naval yards, military colleges , economic institutions of importance, aviation sector, and establishments of oil and power sectors.[/left][/font][/color][/size]

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