Filipino combat skill trained women commandos posted at IGIA

An elite team of specially-trained CISF women commandos, who are capable of pinning down a physical threat with innocuous objects like pen or hairpin, has been deployed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here.
These undercover women combatants have been trained in a century-old martial art technique called 'Pekiti-Tirsia Kali', which originated in the Philippines, and is a close-quarter unarmed combat skill used to take on multiple opponents at one time by using obscure objects usually worn on the body.
"A team of ten women commandos have been deployed at the IGIA here to meet threats of any kind. These women were first deployed in the Delhi Metro network which witnesses a higher footfall and crowd density as compared to the airport," a senior officer said.

These women have been trained to tactically use common objects like pen, hairpin, cap, belt, shoe laces, keys and sandals as deadly weapons to take on rogue elements.
The first such squad of the paramilitary passed out in September under a special training programme for women personnel initiated by force Director General Arvind Ranjan.
DG Ranjan had then said these women would subsequently be deployed in other selected theatres of security rendered by the force, apart from Delhi metro, where the Central Industrial Security Force is deployed.

As per the existing plan, while there are 10 PTK-trained women commandos at IGIA, 53 have been posted at Delhi Metro and five in the government building security unit which is guarded by the CISF.

These female commandos had been posted according to the sectoral crime profile of the Metro and they will respond to any misbehaviour, aggression or violence against women passengers or others, and they will be keeping a similar profile and task at the IGIA, the officer said.
In some cases, these commandos will also be deployed in uniform but in order to keep the 'surprise element' they will largely be kept undercover.