Amit Shah calls upon DGPs of border states for strict vigil on illegal dwellers

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the DGPs of border states should keep a watchful eye on the demographic changes taking place in border areas, as he addressed the National Security Strategies Conference which concluded on Thursday.
The Home Minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not only given a thrust in the internal security of the country, but also strengthened the mechanism to face challenges.
Deliberations were held on challenges like narco-trafficking, demographic changes in border areas and cyber frauds in the two-day conference.
The Home Minister urged all the states that the issues related to national security should be top priority.
“All states should give top priority to the issues related to national security, this is the fight for the future of the country and the youth, for which we have to fight together in one direction and win at any cost,” he said.
The Home Minister said that the DGPs of border states should keep a watchful eye on the demographic changes taking place in border areas.
“It is the responsibility of the Director Generals of Police of states to bring down all technical and strategic information in their states, especially in the border districts,” he said.
“In the field of internal security, we have achieved great success in eliminating the three issues in the form of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, various extremist groups in the Northeast and Left-Wing Extremism,” he said.
“On this under the leadership of Modi ji we enacted many new laws, increased coordination with states, increased budgetary allocation and made optimum use of technology,” Shah added.
He said a system has been developed for the first time in the country in the form of National Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS), and said it should be used at the grass roots level.
Talking about drug issue, he said, “It is not enough to just catch a consignment, it is very important to completely uproot the drugs network and get to the bottom of its source and destination”.
Shah stressed on increasing use of technology and said the central government is preparing a database of different types of crimes.
“For the first time, with a scientific approach, so much work has been done on so many fronts simultaneously. We have to make good use of 5G technology to strengthen the security system,” he said.
Shah said the basic principle of a modern intelligence agency should not be “Need to know”, but “Need to Share” and “Duty to Share” because we will not get success unless the approach changes.
Shah also said equal thrust should be given to the use of human intelligence.
The topics discussed at the two-day conference included Counter Terror and Counter Radicalization, Challenges of Maoist Overground and Front Organizations, crypto currency, counter drone technology, Cyber ​​and social media surveillance, protection of islands, ports, Emerging challenges due to 5G technology, Demographic changes and growing radicalization in border areas and drug trafficking as key issues related to national security. (UNI)