Security beefed up at Hindon Air base in wake of Pathankot attack

GHAZIABAD: Security at Hindon Air Force base on the outskirts of the national capital has been stepped up and a high alert sounded in the wake of terror strike in Pathankot of Punjab.

Senior Superintendent of Police Dharmendra Singh said that a combing operation was conducted in areas surrounding the Air Force station.

Hindon Air Force base is the largest air base in Asia.

"All senior police officers and personnel from various police stations were immediately summoned and a combing operation was conducted in all residential colonies and villages situated adjacent to the Air Force station's boundary wall fencing," Singh said.

Elaborating the security measures, the SSP said that an Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) has been established between civil police and the Hindon Air Force base officers under supervision of city Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal Sharma.

Briefing about the protocol, SP (city) Sharma said that a hotline will be established between Hindon Air base and police control room to ease communications in case of any emergency.

Security deployment charts have been updated in the area.

"Air Force police is responsible for the security within the Station (inner cordon). Security outside the Air Base (outer cordon) will be monitored by civil police," he said.

Two dedicated PCR (police control room) vans will keep round the clock vigil along the boundary wall (barbed- wire-fencing) of the Air Base.