NSG teams deployed in Mumbai, standby in Delhi

September 22, 2016 21:08

Teams of elite anti-terror commando force National Security Guard have been deployed in three locations in Mumbai and another team has been kept ready in Delhi to be flown if required after a group of men were spotted moving suspiciously near a naval base along Maharashtra coast.

Teams of National Security Guard, drawn from its Mumbai hub, pre-positioned at three locations in Mumbai and another team is on alert at NSG base in IGI airport in Delhi, official sources said.

Precautionary action taken in Mumbai to cut down reaction time in case of any emergency situation, sources said.

A high alert has already been sounded along the Maharashtra coast after the group of men were spotted moving suspiciously near a naval base at Uran in Raigad district, leading to multi-agency search operations by multiple agencies.

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