NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday stressed on the need for the country’s security and law enforcement agencies to identify and tackle emerging national security challenges such as narcotics, rogue drones and online frauds “before they turn into major challenges”. In his concluding remarks at the two-day national security strategies conference – attended by senior police leadership, domain experts and young officers working at the cutting-edge level – Shah appealed to the state DGPs to work towards realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a ‘prosperous, strong and developed India by 2047’. He proposed a detailed strategy to augment counter-terrorism efforts through cooperation with the international agencies, enhanced capacity to choke terror finances, and seamless coordination between the National Investigation Agency and states’ anti-terrorism squads (ATS) on terror investigations.
While expressing satisfaction at the “substantial progress” in solving legacy national security concerns such as terrorism in J&K, Left-wing extremism and northeast insurgency, the home ministry particularly cautioned the states that had recently achieved success in freeing areas of armed Left-wing extremist formations, to maintain vigilance. On the implementation of the three new criminal laws, Shah urged the state police chiefs to ensure that the constitutional rights of citizens are protected and speedy justice delivered to victims. He said the transfo.