Goa, Sept. 12 -- Basuri Desai

A procurement by Goa's An ti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has become a butt of ridicule after it emerged that sling shots - the kind available on line for just Rs 249 - were bought as equipment to negate terror threats and that too at a jaw-dropping Rs 1,800 each. The revelation has triggered dis belief and ridicule, raising questions about how a premier counter-ter ror agency could end up paying seven times the market price for what is essentially a toy often found in children's fairs. Investigators traced the listed sup plier to a residential house in Talei gao. When contacted, the owner re directed enquiries to a well-known outlet in Panjim, which admitted it had once sold sling shots for around Rs 1,200 apiece ...