Security in Numbers
Mihir Paul
Threats to national security and the measures being taken to tackle these challenges were some topics raised by the Union home minister Rajnath Singh at the 34th Raising Day celebrations of National Security Guard (NSG). Speaking about the growing threat of ‘ultra-attacks’ the home minister said, “The ‘do-it-yourself’ and ‘lone wolf’ kind of terror attacks are a major challenge for us and for security agencies.”
Director General, NSG, Sudeep Lakhtakiya, presenting a momento to the home minister Rajnath Singh
Addressing the attendees at the Manesar garrison on October 16, Singh said terrorists were using social media for publicising their agendas, recruitments and actions. He cited examples of brazen vehicle-based attacks in New York, Paris, and London. He said that the NSG was already upgrading its skills, techniques, and arsenal to counter such threats.
Singh credited the armed forces for not allowing the terrorists to carry out any major attack in recent years. He reiterated, “In the last four and half years there has been no big terrorist attack in the hinterland of
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