NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday asked the directors general of police (DGPs) of border states, particularly West Bengal and Bihar, besides
Jharkhand to keep special vigil on demographic changes taking place in their regions.
Speaking at the concluding session of a two-day National Security Strategies Conference, Shah stressed on national security and said the priority is to “fight for the future of the country and the youth” and urged all states to be together in this mission.
The minister said PM Narendra Modi has changed the nature of the DGP conference since 2014 where emphasis is laid on strengthening the internal security and use of technology to face new challenges. “A system has been developed in the country for the first time in the form of the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS). We should percolate it down to the grassroots in addition to regular district level meetings of coordination committees,” he said.
The two-day security conference deliberated on issues related to overground workers of Maoists and their front organisations, counter terror measures, radicalisation, counter drone technology, cyber and media surveillance and emerging challenges due to 5G technology.
“It is the responsibility of the DGPs of states to bring all technical and strategic information in their states, especially in the border districts, and share with others,” he said. The minister said the government has achieved significant success in matters of internal security with regard to three key issues—terrorism in Jammu and
Kashmir, various extremist groups in the Northeast and Left wing extremism. “Under the leadership of Modiji, we enacted many new laws, increased coordination with states, increased budgetary allocation and made optimum use of technology,” he added.
The government is keen on breaking the network of smuggling syndicates and get to the bottom of the source and destination with detailed analysis.
The central government is preparing a database of different types of crimes which is to be shared with all intelligence and police agencies in real time for better coordination. It is using the 5G technology for this purpose, Shah said.
“The basic principle of a modern intelligence agency should not be ‘need to know’’, but ‘need to share’ because we will not get success unless the approach changes,” he told the heads of state police.