Senior police and security officials of five States of eastern region on Friday discussed ways to control various inter-State crimes and stressed on improving mutual coordination in controlling inter-state naxal activities, organized crime, opium trade and cattle smuggling.
The decisions were taken at Eastern Regional Police Coordination meet at police headquarter in Ranchi in which senior officials of Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh, West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar participated.
The officials discussed ways to increase mutual coordination so that joint operation against the left wing extremists (LWE) members active in more than one State could be intensified.
The imminent naxal activities in the bordering rural areas particularly prior to the assembly election in Chattisgarh and the preventive measures were also discussed in the meeting.
The participants also agreed to exchange intelligence information down to the local police station level on various matters including inter-state bank and jewelry shop robbers.
Jharkhand DGP DK Pandey who chaired the meeting informed the participants about his State’s plan to eliminate extremism by the end of the year.
He emphasised on the need to keep close watch on extremist movement on the inter-state borders.
The DGP said that police could also make tactical changes in the anti-extremists operation to make strong blow to the LWE groups.
The DGP stressed on the need for controlling cyber crime saying that sale of mobile phone SIM cards in the bordering districts of Jharkhand and Bihar must stop at any cost. He suggested that like the meeting on coordination, a regional meet on cyber crime was also needed.
The DGP said that regular coordination meeting should be held at the level of SP, DSP, inspector and officer-in-charge of the states.
He said that there should free flow of information among the police officers of the state on crime related issues. He proposed the formation of inter-state interrogation teams to question accused persons.
Speaking on the occasion Special DG (Middle Zone) Kuldip Singh, stressed on strengthening intelligence system at local level to make the anti-naxal operations more effective. ADG, Law and Order, Bihar, Alok Raj, requested the Jharkhand police to curb the smuggling of alcohol from Jharkhand to Bihar.
After the meeting ADG Operation RK Mallick informed the media persons the officials also reviewed the implementation of decisions taken in the previous meeting.
On cyber crime he said that number of calls from Jamtara district which is known as cyber hub has decreased while it has increased from neighbouring districts of Bihar like Gaya and Jamui.
Several senior police officials from Jharkhand including ADG CID Ajay Kumar Singh, IGs of participating states, para-military forces, apart from senior officers of Seema Suraksha Bal, Intelligence Bureau and Enforcement Directorate were present in the meeting.