Mock drill exposes major lapse
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, SEPT 2
A major security lapse has been exposed during a mock drill organized by the Captain of Ports on Thursday afternoon when the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) delayed reaching the spot.
Sources confirmed that ATS responded nearly 20 minutes after the CoP officials alerted the police control room at 3 pm that heavily armed terrorist had sneaked in the vital installation. The sudden call was to test the security aspects with the on-going festival season and approaching tourist season next month.
Whereas teams from district and marine police, Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS), River Navigation, CoP were immediately pressed into service, the response of the officials from the ‘elite department’ was sluggish.
The tensed situation resulted in commotion over non-presence of the ATS officials which apparently, delaying the search operation for few minutes till their arrival. Officials were heard inquiring, “Where is ATS? Where is ATS?”
The department admitted though there was a belated response, no police officials preferred giving an official reaction. Neither did the CoP officials reply to any queries. “The mock-drill was hosted by CoP…they will be in a position to throw light on the entire episode,” said an officer. The dummy terrorist was traced on the CoP jetty in the 90-minutes drill.
Mock drill exposes major lapse
PANJIM, SEPT 2 A major security lapse has been exposed during a mock drill organized by the Captain of Ports on Thursday afternoon when the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) delayed reaching the spot.
