Home Minister Amit Shah convened a high-level meeting on Monday to review the prevailing threat scenario in the country and the emerging security challenges, a statement by Ministry of Home Affairs said.
The police chiefs of all States, officials of the Intelligence Bureau, chiefs of Central Armed Police Forcce, representatives of the intelligence wings of armed forces, revenue and financial Intelligence agencies also attended the meeting.
“Hon’ble Union Home Minister conducted a high-level security meeting today to review the prevailing threat scenario in the country and the emerging security challenges,” an official statement said.
“Highlighting the continued threats of terrorism and global terror groups, terror financing, narco-terrorism, organised crime-terror nexus, illicit use of cyber space, movement of foreign terrorist fighters, the Home Minister stressed upon the need for better coordination and synergy among the central and State security agencies in countering the ever-changing counter terrorism and security challenges,” said the statement.
The heads of security agencies of the country, prominent central intelligence agencies, Central Armed Police Forces, intelligence wings of armed forces, revenue and financial intelligence agencies attended the meeting, the statement said.
The DGPs of states and Union Territories also joined the meeting through video conferencing.
(With inputs from PTI)
