Mumbai: Scenes of commandos in a chopper slithering down a rope and ‘gunmen’ lobbing ‘grenades’ while storming the Reserve Bank headquarters in south Mumbai sent onlookers into a tizzy on Thursday.
It was a mock security drill during which an attack on the lines of 26/11 Mumbai terror strike was simulated, officials said. A little past 11 am, an Air Force helicopter started hovering over the building. It appeared to be too close for comfort, said an eye-witness.
As commandos rappelled down onto the terrace of the 25-floor building from the chopper, onlookers shot videos on their mobile phones. Sources in the RBI and security establishment clarified later that the exercise was simulation of a hostage situation. The commandos went down to a floor in the building where the ‘hostages’ were kept and ‘rescued’ them, said an official.