NSG commandos set to be deployed in Kashmir
NEW DELHI: ‘Black Cat’ commandos of the elite counter-terror force NSG are set to be deployed soon in Jammu and Kashmir to help security forces in dealing with encounters and hostagelike situations, officials said on Monday.
The ministry of home affairs is examining a proposal to deploy a contingent of the National Security Guard (NSG) commandos in the Kashmir valley so that they can join the Indian Army, the CRPF and the state police when a high-risk militancy related incident takes place.
“We are planning to deploy the NSG in Kashmir. They are trained to deal with terrorists and hostage-like situations. We are mulling over it,” an official told PTI requesting anonymity.
Director general of police, Jammu and Kashmir, SP Vaid, had also said recently that he has been working on the proposal. “Hope I will be successful,” he had said.
This is not for the first time that the NSG commandos, popularly know as ‘Black Cat’, would be deployed in Jammu and Kashmir. The commandos of the elite force have been deployed in the Valley in the past too.
Their special skills of carrying out house intervention and hostage rescue can act as “clincher” during a terror siege, the official said.
Home minister Rajnath Singh, during a recent NSG event in Telangana, had said the government is planning as to how the force’s role could be “enlarged” vis-a-vis the new security challenges faced by the country, as these commandos can play a “big role” in operations such as those where terrorists take a human as shield and enter civilian premises.
THIS IS NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE NSG COMMANDOS, WOULD BE DEPLOYED IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR