The Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde says, motivated rumours and irresponsible use of social networking media pose a new challenge to the security forces of the country. Addressing the DGPs and IGPs conferenece in New Delhi today, Mr Shinde said the government is aware about the continuous threats of Pakistan based Islamic groups to infiltrate terrorists and hardware across Internationial Border and LoC. He said naxalism continues to pose a significant challenge and nearly 80 per cent of naxal violence is taking place in less than 30 districts.
The Home Minister said, the approach of central government is to deal with left wing extremism in a holistic manner, in the areas of security and development. Mr Shinde said the government is implementing the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) in 82 districts of the country with a focus on creating public infrastructure and services. He also said, an ambitious road development plan is under progress with a total cost of 7300 crore rupees in 34 most left wing extremism affected districts. He also urged the states to give priority to effective implementation of developmental schemes leading to all-round development of Left wing extremism affected areas for a permanent solution to this problem. Expressing concern over the violence in Assam, the Home minister said the state government should take all possible measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents in future.
Speaking on the occasion, Intelligence Bureau Director Nehchal Sandhu said, Bangalore arrests show vulnerability of youth to radicalisation. Mr Sandhu said, attack on Israeli envoy shows India's vulnerability to become playground for global terrorism .
The Home minister also gave away awards to meritorious policemen.