Mock hijack drill in Goa ahead of Chidambaram's visit

Panaij : Three days before union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is scheduled to land at Goa's Dabolim naval airbase, authorities here conducted an intensive mock hijack drill involving the military, and the central and state government authorities.
The mock drill, conducted late on Thursday, involved a simulated exercise in which an Air India aircraft was "hijacked by anti-national elements seeking a number of demands", an official central government release issued Friday said.
Central government agencies, including the elite National Security Guard (NSG), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Indian Navy and state police and administration officials also participated in the exercise which lasted for several hours, the release further said.
12/08/11 IANS/TwoCircles.net

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