The Haryana Government on Thursday approved the formal constitution of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).
ATS will be commanded by an officer of the rank of IGP, and will function under the command and control of CID. Its organisational structure has been designed on a multi-tiered architecture to address the full spectrum of modern security challenges.
A specially trained commando force, modelled on the lines of NSG, will be embedded within ATS to carry out rapid-response operations and execute sensitive missions.
An Intelligence and Operations Branch will be responsible for identifying, surveilling, and apprehending terrorist organisations and their operatives.
A dedicated ATS police station will be established for the specialised investigation of terrorism and related offences, housing integrated legal, financial investigation, and forensic units under one roof.
To ensure robust technological capability, ATS will be supported by several dedicated units. A Cyber and Technical Intelligence Unit will monitor open-source intelligence, the dark web, and suspicious digital activities.
A Data Analysis and Interception Unit will collect and evaluate intelligence through advanced analytical systems. A De-Radicalisation Unit will run community awareness and rehabilitation programmes to shield youth from extremist ideologies.
Also, a Training and Research Wing will conduct periodic skill upgradation programs, refresher courses, and develop SOPs to keep the force at the cutting edge of counter-terrorism practice.
ATS will be entrusted with a comprehensive range of functions, including response to terrorist incidents and threats, investigation and prosecution of terrorism-related cases, collection, processing, and dissemination of actionable intelligence, inter-agency operational coordination, maintenance of terrorism-related databases, research and analysis of relevant data, and training and skill upgradation of personnel.
DGP Ajay Singhal stated that Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini firmly believes that the security of the state is the highest priority and that no laxity whatsoever can be permitted in the fight against terrorism. He expressed full confidence that the constitution of ATS will further consolidate Haryana’s law-and-order framework.
It is pertinent to mention here that about 15 persons were killed in the blast near Red Fort on November 10, 2025, and the roles of several doctors linked to Al-Falah University and from Kashmir had come under the scanner of the probe agencies. There was a seizure of about 2,900 kg of explosives from two rooms in Faridabad.
Earlier, intelligence gathering on terrorist activity in the Haryana Police was with CID. But now, ATS will conduct operations, investigations, and intelligence gathering.
