Haryana Anti-Terrorism Squad formed; to have dedicated police stations in Panchkula, Gurugram

The ATS will be led by an officer of at least the Inspector General of Police rank, reporting to the Director General of Police through the head of CID. The squad's headquarters will be situated in Panchkula. Complementing the central unit, two dedicated ATS police stations will be set up in Panchkula and Gurugram, tasked with investigating terrorism offenses across the state.

The Panchkula ATS police station's jurisdiction will encompass 15 districts: Panchkula, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Panipat, Kaithal, Hisar, Hansi, Fatehabad, Jind, Sirsa, Rohtak, Bhiwani, and Charkhi Dadri. The Gurugram ATS police station will cover Sonipat, Jhajjar, Gurugram, Faridabad, Palwal, Nuh, Rewari, and Mahendragarh.

This initiative follows an announcement made by Haryana's DGP Ajay Singhal last month, indicating the ATS was likely to commence operations in June. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini had previously announced the formation of the ATS during his budget speech in the state assembly in March, following the busting of a white-collar terror module in Faridabad the previous year.