Indian Air Force seeks ITBP canines to secure vital air bases

February 25, 2016 16:40

In a step to secure its bases after the Pathankot attack, the the Indian Air Force has sought the services of trained canines from paramilitary ITBP for security duties.

ITBP officials said the Air Headquarters has sought help from the Union home ministry to allow it "procure" a contingent of trained dogs for anti-sabotage and explosive detection duties from one of the paramilitary forces, preferably the ITBP.

The Indian Air Force, they said, has informed that at present it does not have "adequate" number of canines to deploy for such duties and hence it is seeking "immediate" help in this regard from their counterparts in the internal security domain after a comprehensive security audit of its 950 flying and non-flying bases necessitated the urgent requirement for having these security measures.

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