DGP meet do discuss Naxals

Over 100 DGPs will attend a three-day conference in Vigyan Bhavan from November 3 to 5 and officials say the need for having a ‘‘c...

Over 100 DGPs will attend a three-day conference in Vigyan Bhavan from November 3 to 5 and officials say the need for having a ‘‘coordinated approach’’ to tackle Left-wing extremism will come into sharp focus during the meet.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister Shivraj Patil and Intelligence Bureau Chief Ajit Doval will address DGPs of all States and Central Police Organisations (CPOs). It is understood that in keeping with the trend of having a close interaction with top bureaucrats, the Prime Minister has asked for a longer closed-door meeting with a core group of DGPs, including heads of some sensitive CPOs.

Besides left-wing extremism, the DGP meet is expected to firm up the charter for two co-ordination bodies that were set up around two years ago, following recommendations of the Group of Ministers after the Kargil conflict: the Multi Agency Committee and the Joint Task Force.

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Ritu Sarin is Executive Editor (News and Investigations) at The Indian Express group. Her areas of specialisation include internal security, money laundering and corruption. Sarin is one of India’s most renowned reporters and has a career in journalism of over four decades. She is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) since 1999 and since early 2023, a member of its Board of Directors. She has also been a founder member of the ICIJ Network Committee (INC). She has, to begin with, alone, and later led teams which have worked on ICIJ’s Offshore Leaks, Swiss Leaks, the Pulitzer Prize winning Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Implant Files, Fincen Files, Pandora Papers, the Uber Files and Deforestation Inc. She has conducted investigative journalism workshops and addressed investigative journalism conferences with a specialisation on collaborative journalism in several countries. ... Read More

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