Force One to be trained in Pune - Mumbai:

The special crack commando team Force One which would be raised by the Maharashtra Government on the lines of the National Security Guard (NSG), is likely to be trained in Pune, highlyplaced Intelligence department sources said.

They are likely to be trained at the Special Security Training School near Hadapsar in Pune district, the sources told 'Sakaal Times', adding that the basic training infrastructure for such specialized course is already available there.

As regards the current Special Security Training Institute, the official said that currently it teaches modules like VVIP security and anti-Naxalite operations.

As a matter of fact, the new intelligence training institute will also be set up here.

Help for NSG training team at Manesar at Gurgaon in Haryana and former Indian Army infantry and special forces officers would also be taken to devise the training programme. The commandos of the Indian Army are trained at the Junior Leaders's Wing at Belgaum – and the trainers there would be consulted.

Several officers and men, in the initial stages, would be sent to the NSG facility for training and subsequently the training modules would be adopted in Pune. The new team will be trained in handling different kinds of weapons like MP-5 sub machine guns, sniper rifles and light machine guns.