Bhubaneswar: National Security Guard (NSG), the elite anti-terrorism outfit raised by the Union government, and Odisha Police jointly conducted a mock drill on tackling a simulated terror attack at strategic locations in the capital city late on Thursday night.
The Black Cat commandos of the NSG and the Special Operations Group (SOG), Special Tactical Unit (STU) and Special Security Battalion (SSB) of Odisha Police took position at prominent places like Rajiv Bhawan, State Secretariat, State Assembly and Biju Patnaik International Airport and honed their skills on how to fight terrorism for two hours.
A high-level meeting was held at the Camp Office of the DGP on Wednesday where the NSG decided to train Odisha police to fight terrorism in the state.
Three senior NSG officials had held the meeting with Odisha DGP KB Singh in the presence of Director (Intelligence), Sunil Ray, Twin City Police Commissioner Y B Khurania and IG (Operations), RP Koche.
Ms Kalinga