Manmohan to address police chiefs tomorrow

November 22, 2013 06:41 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 07:57 pm IST - New Delhi

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the country’s top police brass on Saturday during which threat from terror from across the border, the communal situation and the issue of Naxalism are expected to figure.

He will also release a commemorative stamp to mark the completion of 125 years of the Intelligence Bureau which is organising the three-day annual conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police here.

After a general address, the Prime Minister would be meeting a select group of police chiefs led by IB Director Asif Ibrahim and hold discussions on various contentious issues including terrorism from across the border, use of social media in fanning communal riots, Naxalism, cyber attacks, besides the situation in the north east.

The conference was inaugurated by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Thursday. The conclave has held deliberations on a wide range of security topics and laid special emphasis on Naxal-dominated areas with a focus to making police stations “nerve centres” of all law and order activities including gathering of local intelligence.

The police gathering was addressed on Thursday by National Security Advisor Shivshanker Menon also who spoke about strengthening of coastal areas in southern states which may be used by terrorists to infiltrate.

Mr. Menon, according to the official sources, said that post 2008 Mumbai terror strike, very little progress has been made to enhance the security along the country’s coastline.

In a closed-door session, Mr. Menon cautioned that southern Indian shores may be used by terrorists to infiltrate using high seas and security agencies have to be alert to thwart any such attempt.

The National Security Advisor also touched the critical issue of cyber security and said that hostile neighbouring countries were attacking India’s cyber space. There is a needs to adhere to cyber norms strictly or else “our vital information can be compromised with”, Mr. Menon emphasised.

He said that while the cyber space was well secured from any internal threat, more needed to be done on the external front.

Mr. Menon asked the police chiefs to keep a watch on developments taking place in Pakistan in the wake of its army chief’s term coming to an end.

“The year 2014 is crucial as militants as well as anti-social elements may try to flare up communal tension. We should be geared up for the challenge,” sources quoted the NSA as saying.

Director General of Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-IN) Gulshan Rai said police forces should be more vigilant regarding cases pertaining to cyber space as real time information was vital.

Mr. Rai had a special word of praise for the Jammu and Kashmir Police and said that the force sent all the necessary documents in case it sought any assistance in blocking any website or an Internet account.

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