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Rise of the Privates

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The new security bill will generate an army of private guards in India. They are expected to be the eyes and ears of the government and provide muscle to India’s intelligence gathering network, report Anil Pandey and Vikash Kumar


26/11 remains a red letter day in the chequered history of private security agencies in India. Private commandos, Wilson Benjamin Mandlik and Sarjerao Sadashiv Bhosle, were on routine guard duty at the Oberoi Trident around 9.45 pm when terrorists began their deadly attack. According to available accounts, they were the first two who came eyeball to eyeball with the killers, but without instantly realizing their motives. Before they could do that, they were mowed down in a hail of bullets.

But the firing had alerted their third companion, Appaso Maruti Patil, (see photos) who was in the parking lot. He rushed towards the site of firing and engaged the terrorists, reportedly single handedly with a licensed firearm, but nothing close to what the attackers were carrying, for a little under an hour. His hide and seek with the butchers continued, shot for shot. The alert but injured Patil used that time to inform his control station about the enormity of the terrorist attack. Tragically, he was shot while talking on the cell phone, making one final call. The terrorists had managed to spot him.

Welcome to the world of these unsung heroes, the world of Patils, Mandliks and Bhosles. Unlike the National Security Guards (NSG), Naval Police, local armed constabulary and other brave hearts who perished that evening in Mumbai, there are’nt too many who have spared a thought for these warriors. Patil’s bravery for instance, is unlikely find a footnote in history, considering that it has gone unreported in the media. Brave as their acts were, they were not isolated. Twelve hours before the NSG reached Trident and Taj hotels on 26/11 - and nine minutes after the first gun shots rang out in the corridors of the luxury hotel - commandos of a private security agency had reached an unmanned exit and begun a clinical rescue operation helping out guests who could be evacuated.

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