NEW DELHI, Nov 1? The spate of bomb blasts in the North East and rising activities of the ISI in the region, besides unabated infiltration from Bangladesh, would be the focus of attention when the country?s top cops meet for the 39th Conference of Directors General of Police and Inspectors General of Police that gets under way here on November 3.
The three-day meet, which is an annual affair hosted by the Ministry of Home Affairs, would be inaugurated by Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil while Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh would address the police officers on the concluding day. The law-enforcing security agencies would be briefing the Prime Minister on some sensitive issues, sources said.
Official sources here said that the Intelligence Bureau was organizing the Conference to deliberate on several issues like internal security in the country, terrorism and extremism, which has been threatening peace and blocking development.
Efforts are made through this forum to devise ways and means for stimulate the police forces to meet the ever-increasing challenges of terrorism, insurgency, extremism, espionage and other serious problems of law and order. The meeting would also be first face-to-face interaction between the head of State police forces of the country and the new UPA Government.
During next three days staring Wednesday, the Conference would deliberate issues pertaining to Internal Security Challenges, including the Left Wing Extremism and insurgency in the North-east, disaster management, and the various facets of terrorism and its nexus with crime syndicates, gunrunners, currency counterfeiters and Hawala operators.
Since the repeal of POTA has caused some concern in the minds of policemen, a panel discussion is also slated to analyse the efficacy of the existing legal provisions for effectively handling terrorism, sources said.