The National Security Guard (NSG) Hyderabad hub on Monday conducted a mock drill at Infosys SEZ Campus, Infovalley, under the IT and ITES SEZ at Gaudakashipur and Arisol village on the city outskirts.
The mock drill inside the SEZ of Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) simulated a hostage situation, involving five heavily armed terrorists.
In this unique exercise forces like one company each from NSG and Special Technical Unit (STU) from Special Operations Group (SOG), two platoons of OSAP, personnel from the Twin City Comissionerate police, bomb disposal squad, one unit from Fires Services and Traffic police participated.
The exercise started with five NSG commandos masquerading as terrorist, entered the campus on June 21, through the main entrance by killing two guards. Once inside they targeted one building and had taken five employees as hostages. The local police station was informed along with the Commissionrate police.
The NSG Hyderabad hub was then contacted, for providing necessary assistance.
A company of NSG commandoes then took-off with full battle load from Hyderabad airport and landed in the city. A green corridor was provided by the traffic police along with a pilot vehicle (real time). They reached the campus and the commandos were then briefed jointly by STU commandant and head of the security, Infosys about the ground situation as well as the building layout entry and exit points.
The Black Cat commandos pumped into action after due coordination with the STU unit, clearly understanding their positions in and around the building including radio networking and sniper position. The operation continued for three hours and finally the terrorists were nuetralised and the hostages were safely rescued.