NSG commados to get high-tech weapons

The central government on Friday said it will procure high-tech and sophisticated weapons for the elite National Security Guard commandos to help them deal with any terror threat.

"The NSG is going to induct high-tech and sophisticated weapons in the coming days," Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said while addressing the commandos at the silver jubilee celebration of the force.

The Home Minister said the country would never forget the supreme sacrifice made by the NSG commandos during the Mumbai terror attacks.

"We also remember the supreme sacrifice of NSG commandos Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Hawildar Gajender Singh and the entire force" who fought valiantly to liquidate the terrorists in Mumbai in November last year, Chidambaram said.

Image: National Security Guard (NSG) commandos stand during the opening of their new hub in Mumbai
Photograph: Reuters