J&K LG directs forces to use AI tools to counter terrorism

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, has directed the security forces to adopt proactive security strategies and use sophisticated tools like Artificial Intelligence (AI) to counter terrorism, terror financing, radicalisation, and narco-terrorism threats.

Chairing the UT Level Conference on the lines of the DGPs/IGPs conference in IIT Jammu campus on Thursday, LG Sinha said that the landscape of security threats has undergone a profound change in recent years. We need to take coordinated action against the terrorists, enablers and ideologues to eradicate their ecosystem and the safe havens.

The Lieutenant Governor also discussed strategies to tackle evolving threats, enhance intelligence capabilities, and build a next-level security grid for new-age security challenges.

The Lieutenant Governor emphasised that we must defend the real security gains since 2019 and every single terrorist and their supporter operating in the valley, forest, hills or village must be neutralised.

The one-day UT-level security conference was attended by Director General of J&K Police Nalin Prabhat, Chief Secretary Atal Dullo, Senior J&K Police, Intelligence, Civil Administration and CAPFs officials.

Commenting on how to tackle the emerging threats in the region, LG Sinha stressed that the armed terrorists and their supporters, overground workers (OGWs) and those elements intimidating the common citizen should be treated equally. We must ensure they pay a very heavy price for their action.

Sinha also highlighted that over the past six years, we have strengthened the security grid, and the collaborative efforts of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army, Intelligence agencies, and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have led to a significant decline in terrorist violence, the number of operating terrorists, and recruitment.

Addressing senior officers during the conference, the Lieutenant Governor said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the UT-level security conference will serve as the hub for deliberation and collaboration to develop a whole-of-government approach to counter terrorism in all its forms.

He also observed that during the DGPs/IGPs conference in Raipur this year, threadbare discussions were held on the theme ‘Viksit Bharat: Security Dimensions’, which reflects the GoI’s commitment to transform our policing institutions to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world.