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Quick response team

By Mahesh Vijapurkar

MUMBAI Dec. 4. A Quick Response Team of security personnel, dedicated to meet terrorist-related threats in and around Mumbai and, if required, elsewhere in Maharashtra, is to be in place by January 2003 following a Cabinet approval for the proposal today.

This 56-member team, drawn from Mumbai Metropolitan Police and under 30 years of age, will be trained on the lines of the National Security Guards and stationed in Kalina in Central Mumbai.

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