Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Thursday urged security forces in the Northeastern States to have a seamless coordination and intelligence sharing to ensure better security of the region.
The Union Minister said this speaking at the 25th Conference of DGPs, IGPs and Heads of the Central Police Organisations (CPO) of Northeastern region. The two day conference started at Itanagar today.
Rijiju complemented the forces for successfully handling the complex issues over the years leading to improved security scenario in the region and said that the issue of security and policing in northeastern states are unique due to region’s geographical proximity with other foreign neighbours like China, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Bhutan.
“Due to its geographical situation and exposure to international border, the region has to deal with not only internal but external problem,” Rijju said while lauding the role played by state police of northeastern states and the consistent support by Central Police Forces for maintaining law and order situation in the region.
“Coordination, Cooperation and flawless Intelligence sharing are crucial aspects for security. The security situation in northeastern states have improved significantly in last four and half years,” he said adding that the level of violence and causality figures in the region have come down by more than 50 percent.
Mentioning the importance of coordination and cooperation among northeastern states, the Union Minister said that though there are 8 political units in Northeast but they can work as one unit as far as security is concerned.
The Minister also announced that the Assam Rifles Academy at Diphu (Karbi Anglong, Assam) has been identified for specialized training of the northeast police in counter insurgency operations and NIA has been conducting training modules for north east police for investigations of terror related cases.
Speaking on the occasion, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Pema Khandu urged the police chiefs to take steps to ensure regular informal talks among senior police officers of inter- state border districts to deal with the concerns of people of border areas.
The DG, Police of Arunachal Pradesh, S. B. K Singh and Additional Director, Intelligence Bureau, A K Mishra also spoke on this occasion.
The two day conference of police and intelligence officers is being attended by the DG, police and senior police officers from North East States, senior officers from Central Police Organisation and Intelligence Bureau. The West Bengal police department is also taking part in the conference.