Govt to procure high-tech weapons for NSG: Chidambaram

Manesar (Haryana), Oct 16 (PTI) India Friday said it will
procure high-tech and sophisticated weapons for the elite
National Security Guard (NSG) 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. PTI NES
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