N.S.G

                                          N.S.G(National Security Guard)

security force of India

National Security Guards

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

National Security Guard राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा गार्ड Rashtriya Suraksha Guard
Abbreviation	NSG
NSG Logo
Motto	Sarvatra Sarvottam Surakhsha
	Everywhere the Best Protection
Agency overview
Formed	1984
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	India
Constituting instrument	National Security Guard Act, 1986
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian agency
Specialist jurisdiction	Paramilitary law enforcement, counter insurgency, armed response to civil unrest, counter terrorism, special weapons operations.
Operational structure
Agency executive	R K Medhekar, Director General
Parent agency	Indian Police Service Indian Army
Website
www.nsg.gov.in

The National Security Guard (NSG)(Hindi: राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा गार्ड) is a Special Response Unit in India that has primarily been utilized for counter-terrorism activities and was created by the Cabinet Secretariat under the National Security Guard Act of the Indian Parliament in 1986. It works completely within the Central Paramilitary Force structure.
The NSG operates under the oversight of the Ministry of Home Affairs and is headed by the Director General of the Indian Police Service (IPS).^[1] The DG has always been an IPS officer whereas the recruitment is done from the Central Paramilitary Forces Of India and the Indian Armed Forces .
The NSG members are also known as Black Cats because of the black drill cotton coveralls and balaclavas or helmets they wear.

Contents  1 Functions History 2.1 Former chiefs 3 Criticism 4 Equipment 4.1 Upgrades after 26/11 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

       Functions

The NSG's roles include protecting VIPs, conducting anti-sabotage checks, rescuing hostages, neutralizing terrorist threats to vital installations, engaging terrorists and responding to hijacking and piracy.
The NSG is much sought after for VVIP security for high-risk VVIPs in India, more as a status symbol by the policitians; this task is done by the Special Rangers Group of the NSG. The Special Action Group is the strike force in anti-terrorist and anti-hijack operations, supported by the SRG and others.
The NSG's specific goals include:

• Neutralization of terrorist threats
• Handling hijacking situations in air and on land.
• Bomb disposal (search, detection and neutralisation of IEDs).
• PBI (Post Blast Investigation)
• Engaging and neutralizing terrorists in specific situations.
• Hostage Rescue

The NSG has a total personnel strength of about 14,500. The NSG is modelled on Germany's GSG-9.^[2][3] It is a task-oriented force and has two complementary elements in the form of the Special Action Group (SAG) and the Special Ranger Groups (SRG). All the personnel in the SAGs and some support units, training and HQ are on deputation from Indian Armed Forces, the rest being drawn from the central police organizations.
The SAG is the offensive wing drawn from units of the Indian Army. The SRG consists of members from Central Paramilatary Forces (CPFs) and Central Police Organisations (CPOs) such as the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and State Police forces .
The NSG Training Centre is a Centre of Excellence and the National Bomb Data Centre holds international conferences. Both are located at Manesar in Haryana. The NSG Headquarters Exchange is located at Mehramnagar, Palam
                                      History
The NSG was established under the National Security Guard Act of 1986. The NSG was formed after an analysis of 1984 Operation Blue Star. During this operation, in which the Indian Army removed Sikh militants who had seized control of the Golden Temple, there was significant civilian collateral casualties. The temple also suffered damages during that operation. The operation highlighted the need for a force specialising in counter-terrorist operations with greater efficiency.
The NSG commandos were first used to combat the insurgency movement in the Indian state of Punjab in 1986. They are now primarily utilised for counter-terrorist activities and have seen combat operations in Jammu and Kashmir, though sparingly.
NSG deployments are usually not made public, with most of its operations remaining classified.
Some of the NSG's known operations include:

• April 30, 1986 - attack on Khalistani militants who where protecting the golden temple and the army itself tried to destroy the temple and all of the sikhs inside the building* May 12, 1988 — attack on Khalistani militants hiding in the Golden Temple during Operation Black Thunder II
• April 25, 1993 — rescue of hijacked plane Indian Airlines Boeing 737 by Islamic militants during Operation Ashwamedh
• October, 1998 — major combat missions in Jammu and Kashmir
• July 15, 1999 — rescue of 12 hostages held by armed terrorists who had stormed an apartment complex in Kashmir and killed 4 people
• September 25, 2002 — Operation Vajra Shakti to free hostages held by terrorists who had killed 29 worshippers^[4] at the Akshardham temple in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. They suffered their first combat death in this operation. A second commando, who was seriously injured and was in a coma, died after 18 months.
• November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks — Operation Black Tornado and Operation Cyclone to flush out terrorists & rescue hostages after multiple attacks across Mumbai, India. Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Havaldar Gajender Singh Bisht of the Special Action Group lost their lives during the operations.

As on December 2008, Germany offered to give additional assistance and training to the NSG by the famous GSG-9.^[5]
Additionally,post 26/11, equipment upgrades have been sanctioned and most of the proposed items have been procured and deployed, most notably the CornerShot weapon system.

       Former chiefs

The following had commanded the NSG in the past:^[1]

RT Nagrani MC Mishra KL Watts SD Pandey HP Bhatnagar Ved Marwah DVLN Ramakrishna Rao Dr S Subramanian RK Wadehra BJS Sial AK Tandon

RD Tyagi GS Pandher Pradeep verma Nikhil Kumar Gurbachan Jagat Dr R Rajagopalan R.S. Mooshahary Sumit tiwari Dr GS Rajagopal Jyoti Krishna Dutt NPS Aulakh R K Medhekar [6]

       Criticism

There have been several occasions where the lack of proper transportation has hampered the response time of the unit. This was evident during the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 when the unit was stuck in rush hour traffic due to a lack of helicopters. During the Mumbai attacks, the unit was delayed due to lack of aircraft in Delhi and then lack of ground transportation in Mumbai.^[7][8]
In response to criticism of the time taken for the NSG commandos to arrive in Mumbai from their base in Manesar, Haryana during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Government of India has decided to deploy NSG contingents in major cities across India like Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai.^[9]
A large number of SRG personnel of the National Security Guards are assigned as bodyguards for various political leaders leaving a significantly lesser number of rangers who may be able to assist when the need arises.^[10]
However, after a recent media uproar, many of the NSG commandos were reassigned from their bodyguard positions back to active duty.
 

    Equipment

• Browning Hi-Power 9mm Semi-automatic pistol
• Glock 17 9mm Semi-automatic Pistol
• Glock 19 9mm Semi-automatic Pistol
• SIG P226 9mm Semi-automatic Pistol
• Heckler & Koch M-512 12 Gauge Shotgun
• 1A SMG 9mm Sub-machine gun
• Heckler & Koch MP5 A3,A5 and SD3 9mm Submachine Gun
• AKM 7.62x39mm Assault Rifle
• SIG SG 551 5.56mm NATO Assault Rifle
• Steyr SSG 69 7.62mm NATO Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle
• Mauser SP66 7.62mm NATO Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle
• SIG-Sauer SSG 3000 7.62mm NATO Bolt-Action Sniper Rifle
• Heckler & Koch MSG-90 7.62mm NATO Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle
• Heckler & Koch PSG1 7.62mm NATO Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle
• AGS-17 30mm automatic grenade launcher