Maharashtra ATS faces acute shortage of staff

November 24, 2011 11:15

As the third anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks approach, a report says that Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is grappling with a severe manpower crunch with 283 posts of the total 732 lying vacant, two-and-a-half years after a panel set up to probe state police's response to the Mumbai attacks recommended streamlining the force.

Of the sanctioned strength of 732 personnel for the ATS, which was formed in 2004 to counter terrorism and probe terror cases, 283 posts or 38. 66 per cent of the required manpower are lying vacant as on September 1, 2011, ATS sources said.

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