In the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations at historic Red Fort, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi held deliberations with police officials from the six neighbouring States. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen cooperation, coordination and to ensure sharing of terror-related intelligence ahead of the upcoming Independence Day celebrations.
The main issues for the inter-State coordination meeting were to share terror-related intelligence and inputs about various extremist outfits and their designs in view of forthcoming Independence Day celebrations. Senior officers of Delhi Police and their counterparts from Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir attended the meeting, a senior Delhi Police, who took part in the meeting, said.
There are intelligence intercepts to suggest that terrorist outfits owing allegiance to Pakistan may try to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations. The meeting was convened to share terror-related intelligence and inputs about various extremist groups and their designs in view of the forthcoming Independence Day celebration, the official added.
Chairing the meeting the Delhi Police Commissioner stressed on increasing police presence, intensive and coordinated checking at vulnerable points, tenant verification, guest house checking and sensitisation of cyber café owners, second-hand car dealers, transporters, property dealers, cycle sellers, chemical dealers and STD/ISTD PCO booth owners in order to strengthen the counter-terrorism measures. The Police Commissioner also said that all new initiatives and technology for better policing should be shared. He informed that the Delhi Police has launched a mobile App for ‘lost Articles’ which has been widely appreciated.
The officers of neighbouring States who attended the meeting also shared intelligence to check crime committed by interstate criminals operating in their respective areas. Issues of human trafficking, missing children and proliferation of fake Indian currency note (FICN) and smuggling of illicit firearms were discussed and preventive steps were also elaborated upon. Integrated joint checking at unmanned borders in tandem with each other was also dwelt upon.
The meeting which was held here at the Delhi Police Headquarters on Wednesday also saw discussions on arrangements for maintaining the law and order during ‘Kanwar Yatra” and ‘Eid-Ul-Fitr’ in the context of crowd and traffic management. Traffic issues such as the returning of non-destined commercial goods vehicles from Delhi borders were stressed upon. The modalities for joint checking at the border especially for Independence Day Arrangement were also talked about.