J&K Police To Get American Assault Rifles, Pistols For Anti-Terror Ops
NDTV
Jammu and Kashmir Police is probably the first in the country to get the modern weapons. The force will be procuring 500 Sig Sauer-716 rifles and 100 Sig Sauer MPX 9mm pistols.
Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel will soon get American Sig Sauer assault rifles and pistols to carry out anti-terror operations, officials said.
The Army has already equipped its personnel guarding the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China with the state-of-the-art rifles.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police is probably the first in the country to get the modern weapons, they said, adding that the force will be procuring 500 Sig Sauer-716 rifles and 100 Sig Sauer MPX 9mm pistols.
The special operation group (SoG) and personnel deployed for the security of protected people will be equipped with the weapons, they said.
