After the lack of security in 12 malls was exposed during a mock drill conducted in September, the Gurgaon police have decided to come down heavily on mall owners, hoteliers and security agencies who fail to meet the basic security criteria. They have set a deadline for the submission of the compliance report by November 25.

During our mock drill, CCTV cameras, door frames, and metal detectors failed to spot the firearms that our teams were hiding. As seen from some of the CCTV footage, even frisking was not done in any of the malls, added the police chief.

Joint CP Alok Mittal has written to all mall owners in which he has asked them to appoint separate women security guards to frisk women. He has also instructed that the CCTVs installed should have proper recoding facilities and that the security staff should manning door metal detectors and hand-held metal detectors must have mandatory training.