NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a second review of law and order and policing at Delhi Police headquarters on Thursday (November 12), less than three weeks after the first, with women's safety, organised crime, arms smuggling and the capital's overall security situation on the agenda.
The meeting, at the headquarters on Jai Singh Road, began around 3.15 pm and ran for more than three hours. Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu and senior Delhi Police officers attended.
According to sources, Thursday's session was a follow-up to the review of October 24 and was meant to take stock of what was discussed then, including women's safety and drug syndicates. Several other policing and security issues were also taken up.
The timing is crucial. In Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, three CRPF personnel were injured, one of them critically, when suspected militants fired at a checkpoint near Mir Bazar on Wednesday. In Ghaziabad, an explosion at the Vasundhara police outpost on November 6 left a food delivery worker injured and damaged the premises. Multiple agencies examined the incident, amid claims of possible terror links including Uttar Pradesh Anti- Terrorism squad.
The October 24 meeting, attended by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar among others, covered preparedness for large gatherings and protests, intelligence collection, crowd management and coordination between units.
(With inputs from media reports)