Centre assures support to NIA, state agencies

New Delhi, Oct 6: The Centre on Friday assured full support in terms of legislative requirements and resource deployment to federal and state agencies to weed out the menace of terrorism from the country.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla gave the assurance while chairing the concluding session of a two-day anti-terrorism conference, organised by the NIA here.
The conference resolved to intensify the “united and coordinated” efforts by all central and state intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies to counter the threat of terrorism in the country, with a focus on dismantling the entire ecosystem of terror and choking of terror funding.
Bhalla assured full support from the Home Ministry to the central and state agencies in terms of legislative requirements, financial management, or resource deployment to fight against terrorism.
Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the third anti-terror conference on Thursday and his key directions included design of a common training module, multi-dimensional use of various national databases to investigate, prosecute and prevent crimes, innovative measures to counter terrorism, sharing of good practices, and international cooperation.
The official said the conference noted the commendable role played by dedicated anti-terrorism squads and counter-insurgency units established by different states and counter-terrorism units of various organisations at the Centre in the fight against terrorist outfits and elements operating in various parts of the country.
Officers from around 15 states and Union territories, including Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala, made presentations at the conference. (PTI)