RD security: ITBP dogs do a hat-trick in sniffing dummy bombs

After 'Nancy' and 'Sony', it was the turn of ITBP sniffer dog 'Nisha' to display her capabilities in detecting a dummy explosive kept along Rajpath during security drills being held in the run up to the Republic Day celebrations here on January 26.
During a preparatory 'sweeping' of the seating area in the lawns flanking Rajpath yesterday, security agencies had cleverly hidden a RDX-smeared decoy explosive and the six-year-old paramilitary dog smelt its fumes from a distance and gave out a special bark in her signature style to alert her handler and ITBP constable Ravindra Kumar about the bomb.
"The drills are being conducted everyday to sweep and sanitise the parade area against any improvised explosive device or explosive. The ITBP has provided its elite canine squad and they are delivering good results everyday," a senior official involved in the preparations of the parade said.

'Nisha', a German Shepherd dog, has been trained at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) canine training academy in Bhanu near Chandigarh.
The wing has been declared a 'centre of excellence' for training of police and paramilitary dogs in the country.
These Republic Day drills have been successfully undertaken in the last few days by 'Nisha's' colleagues 'Nancy' and 'Sony' when they detected hidden and dummy explosives kept by the Prime Minister's security wing to test their accuracy in providing fool-proof security to the VVIP national event.

About 20 ITBP canines, ranging from Labradors, German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois have been deployed to secure event and its main areas on Rajpath from where the parade will travel after it begins from Raisina Hills.

Security has been put on all-time high in view of threat emanating not only from terror groups but also by concealed IEDs for the national event where French President Francois Hollande will be the chief guest in the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The top government, political and security brass will also be in attendance besides thousands of members of the public.