New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has called a high-level meeting of the police chiefs of all the states and central Armed Forces to review the security situation. Amit Shah will also examine the progress of concerned states on crucial suggestions made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December last year.
The meeting in the back drop of prevailing situation in Kashmir valley as well as talks of conducting National Register of Citizens (NRC) in several states to identify illegal immigrants makes it more relevant since the government is pushing to recalibrate the national security strategy.
The meeting is being organised by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) October 14 and October 15. Along with Amit Shah who will be chairing the meeting, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will also be present.
Respective Director Generals of Police, besides discussing vital security elements like radicalisation, cyber security, Naxalite activities and others, will also be presenting action taken report of their states.
“Cyber crime and IS influence in Indian sub-continent will be the major issue apart from police moderation and judicial reformation,” said a senior IPS officer, who will also be participating in the meeting.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Home Minister Rajnath Singh, now the Defence Minister, had been pushing police chiefs to work in seamless co-ordination to thwart looming threats.
Modi had suggested the police forces to be vigilant in countering the dark forces of radicalisation, and to engender trust among all communities across the nation. He had stressed on the importance of inter-state coordination, in tackling crime and emphasized on the need for capacity building in the police forces, on the subject of cyber security.
Modi had also suggested that all the states should learn best practices from the Jammu and Kashmir police force for their role in countering terrorists, and successfully engaging them.
Shah has sought the details of works done as suggested by Modi this year by forces across the country. He will personally review each state’s work and has asked the DGP’s to present reports.
Sources further said that Shah’s focus will be on the progress made in respect to intelligence gathering and real coordination with the states. The anti-terror units of the states would also be part of the meet.
IANS
