New Delhi: The Delhi Police are conducting mock drills across the national capital. The mock drills are being conducted to review the preparedness of forces in case of any terrorist attack or untoward incident amid the ongoing festive season.
An anti-terror response exercise was carried out in the South, North, North West, East, and North East districts of Delhi. A simulated anti-terror response exercise was carried out at Shree Dharmik Ramleela, Madhodas Park, and Red Fort, as reported by the news agency ANI.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police, North district Sagar Singh Kalsi, the mock drill scenario was that four fully armed terrorists caused a bomb blast and injured a few civilians while taking some civilians hostage in the basement of the ticket counter at Red fort.
Immediately, a message was flashed to all agencies concerned including SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics), Fire, District Disaster Management Authority, Special Cell of Delhi Police.
Within minutes of the incident, a command post was set up. 5-6 teams from the North District police were pooled in with complete bulletproof jackets and firepower to act as first responders.
A mock drill was also conducted near Model Town-II, North West Delhi, as reported by ANI.
According to Delhi Police, a PCR call regarding an unattended tiffin box with electric wires lying over it, near a medical store in Model Town-II was made at 1.17 pm. Immediately, police vans reached the spot at 1.20 pm. Subsequently, ACP, Model Town and SHO, Model Town, along with local police station staff with proper arms and ammunition, reached the spot.
Subsequently, reserve staff, along with the bomb disposal team and dog squad, were mobilised at the spot with arms and ammunition. After this, DCP, North-West, initiated the operation to neutralise the tiffin box suspected to be a bomb.
The suspicious tiffin was surrounded by sandbags to mitigate the potential threat and the area was cordoned off in two layers, the first layer was up to 50 metres and the second layer upto 100 metres and information was shared with other teams including the ambulance, fire and traffic department.
The area was cordoned off and shops in the vicinity were closed the public was evacuated from the surroundings and thereafter secured the perimeter up to 200 metres. Information was shared with other teams including the ambulance and fire department.
In South District, two mock drill exercises were conducted in Main Market, Malviya Nagar, and Saket mall. During the mock drill, a PCR call regarding a bomb blast was made wherein the police vans reached the spot.
Subsequently, local police station staff, along with SWAT duty staff with arms and ammunition, reached the spot. Ambulance, BDS, Mobile Crime Team, Fire tenders, DDMA, QRT, etc also reached the spot. 10 injured persons were shifted to Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital, Malviya Nagar from the spot, ANI reported.
(With Agency Inputs)