Centre deploys NSG teams in Mumbai

Centre has deployed teams of anti-terror commando force, the National Security Guard (NSG), in three locations in Mumbai and another team has been kept ready in Delhi to be flown if required after two school children in Maharashtra's Uran claimed they saw suspicious looking men near a naval base. A high alert has already been sounded along the Maharashtra coast. A search operation is being conducted by multiple agencies.

Naval spokesman Cdr Rahul Sinha said in a statement that as per the reports, five to six persons were sighted in Pathan suits and appeared to be carrying weapons



and backpacks. Some reports said, they were in military uniform. He added that Indian Navy's Western Naval Command expeditiously reacted to the situation by first initiating an alert and informing all coastal security stakeholders. No person has been located or apprehended till now.

Late yesterday night, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has through tweets appealed the people not to panic and situation is under close vigil. The State & Central forces are working in close coordination. He further tweeted that the NSG have been deployed in three key spots in Mumbai.