TN to constitute elite ATS on lines of Maha, Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu will soon constitute an elite Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to effectively counterterror-related activities in the state.It may be recalled that soon after the Coimbatore car blast in which a youth named Jameesha Mubin (29) was charred to death outside a temple on October 23, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had announced that the state would constitute an elite ATS.An engineering graduate, Mubin had driven the explosives-laden car loaded with two gas cylinders, explosives etc., which blasted.A delegation of police officers from Tamil Nadu led by DGP C. Sylendra Babu visited the offices of Maharashtra ATS and Andhra Pradesh police’s OCTOPUS (Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations) over the past few days to take inputs from them to constitute a similar force in Tamil Nadu.