45 women commandos trained by NSG in last 10 years: Govt

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 07 2013 | 2:30 PM IST
Forty-five women commandos have been trained by the NSG in the last ten years, the government today told Parliament.
The maximum, 17, were trained in 2011 by the elite counter-terror force and the first batch was trained in 2003.
"45 mahila commandos have been trained by NSG during the last ten years. The mahila commandos are being deployed as per the designated tasks in NSG," Minister of State for Home R P N Singh told Lok Sabha in a written reply.
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First Published: May 07 2013 | 2:30 PM IST

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