DEHRADUN: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged state police units to adopt “zero tolerance action in counter-terrorism measures”. He made the statement during his address at the inauguration of the 49th All India Police Science Congress, a two-day event organised by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) at the Forest research institute (FRI) in Dehradun.
“Our government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been taking stern action against terrorism.Now is the time to implement a zero-tolerance policy and completely eradicate the menace of terrorism from our country,” Shah said. He also directed state police units to “make optimum use of the various databases maintained by the ministry of home affairs” to enhance their counter-terrorism efforts.
Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Uttarakhand chief secretary SS Sandhu, state DGP Ashok Kumar and other officials attended the event.The Union home minister also digitally launched a coffee table book titled ‘Uttarakhand Police: Marching with the Times’, published by The Times of India. He also unveiled the 49th All India Police Science Congress Compendium and the Police Science Journal published by the BPR&D.
Talking about India’s goal of becoming the ‘third-largest economy of the world in the next few years’, the home minister said, “It would be important for the police to ensure the security of important financial institutions, for which it should inculcate the required new technologies.”
Earlier in the day, sessions were held on various subjects, including “policing in the 5G era, known and unknown cyber security threats, narcotics enforcement strategies, and coordination between police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).”
“Our government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been taking stern action against terrorism.Now is the time to implement a zero-tolerance policy and completely eradicate the menace of terrorism from our country,” Shah said. He also directed state police units to “make optimum use of the various databases maintained by the ministry of home affairs” to enhance their counter-terrorism efforts.
Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Union home secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Uttarakhand chief secretary SS Sandhu, state DGP Ashok Kumar and other officials attended the event.The Union home minister also digitally launched a coffee table book titled ‘Uttarakhand Police: Marching with the Times’, published by The Times of India. He also unveiled the 49th All India Police Science Congress Compendium and the Police Science Journal published by the BPR&D.
Talking about India’s goal of becoming the ‘third-largest economy of the world in the next few years’, the home minister said, “It would be important for the police to ensure the security of important financial institutions, for which it should inculcate the required new technologies.”
Earlier in the day, sessions were held on various subjects, including “policing in the 5G era, known and unknown cyber security threats, narcotics enforcement strategies, and coordination between police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).”
Amit Shah urges ruthless counter-terrorism efforts to dismantle terrorist ecosystem