A video surfaced on social media on Saturday, showing personnel of the special forces battalions of the Indian Army's Parachute Regiment undergoing training for advanced underwater diving at an unspecified location in Punjab. The video, sourced from defence authorities, was published by news agency ANI on its X (formerly Twitter) handle. In the video, special forces operatives can be seen training to dive and swim underwater to reach land and commence operations.
"We give training to Paratroopers of the Parachute Regiment for the air, land, and water environment here in SFTS (Special Forces Training School)... Right now, those who have qualified for the basic course in underwater diving are being trained for the advanced course... In this, we train them for practical operation in inland waterbodies to be done by the Parachute Regiment," said the diving instructor overseeing the training process.
"In this, we use the latest technology for diving... The Paratroopers and underwater combat divers are trained hard so that the operations should be completed successfully," he added.