Delhi's top gun loses weapon

The Delhi Police raised the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team to effectively tackle 26/11-like terrorist and hostage crisis. Thirty-five young men recruited for the team underwent rigorous training at its training college in Delhi.
These personnel, who function under the elite Special Cell, are equipped with state-of-the-art weapons like assault rifles, sub-machine guns, shotguns, riot control agents and high-powered rifles.
They are expected to have specialized equipment including heavy body armor, entry tools, advanced night vision cameras and motion detectors for covertly determining the positions of hostages or hostage takers inside an enclosed structure.
SWAT also received training from NSG --- National Security Guard.u00a0 Recently, the Special Cell purchased three bulletproof vehicles for its SWAT team.

The official weapon of a Delhi Police constable was stolen from inside the Vasant Vihar police station premises a few days ago.
Police sources said that a constable, identified as Naval, who is posted at the Vasant Vihar police station for the past about three years, was resting in the barrack room of the Vasant Vihar police station when he received a call and went to attend one of the court proceedings. However, he forgot his 9 mm pistol on his bed. When he returned he found the gun missing. A case of theft was lodged at the Vasant Vihar police station against unknown people.