SRINAGAR: New special forces of 200 commandos drawn from Jammu & Kashmir police have been trained to deal with fidayeen (suicide attackers) in Kashmir Valley.
Times of India reported, 200 commandos, who received vigorous training under experts of various agencies and former police officers at Commando Training Centre (CTC) Lethpora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, were formally pressed in to service in a passing out parade attended by the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti last week on December 14.
“The commandos are part of Anti-Fidayeen Squad of J&K Police. They used to conduct anti-terror operations under the brand name Special Operations Group (SOG),” SSP Mehmood Chaudhary, principal of CTC Lethpora, said.
According to reports, 2,000 commandos had been trained to deal with fiyadeen attackers by Indian Army.