Panaji: Goa police’s anti-terrorist squad (ATS) appears ill-equipped to deal with the frequent alerts the state receives, as its vehicles five ramshackled jeeps that break down regularly are barely enough to take on the increasingly well-equipped terrorists should they decide to strike in Goa.
A source told TOI that ATS has been sending proposals for replacement of old vehicles to Goa police, but there doesn’t seem to be any progress in the matter.
Two of the jeeps are two decades old, and two others are around 10 years old.
The four patrol Margao, Vasco, Panaji and Mapusa. Superintendent of police (SP) Bossuet Silva, who is in charge of motor transport, said, “Goa police is in process of allotting new vehicles to the ATS”.