Modi, Shah and Ajit Doval attends police officers meet

Modi, Shah and Ajit Doval attends police officers meet

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval today attended two day 56th Conference of Director Generals of Police (DGP) and Inspector Generals of Police (IGP) in Lucknow.

Senior police officers, DGPs of states and union territories, heads of central armed forces and central police organizations attended two days conference, the conference will be held in hybrid format, the physical conference held in Lucknow. The remaining invitees attend the conference virtually, at 37 different locations at IB/SIB headquarters.

The agenda of the conference includes a wide range of issues including Cyber Security, Data Governance, Counter-Terrorism challenges, Left Wing Extremism, Emerging Trends in Narcotics trafficking, Prison Reforms and other issues.

Prime Minister has shown keen interest in the DGPs' conference since 2014. Unlike the symbolic presence earlier, PM Modi makes it a point to attend all sessions of the conference and encourages free and informal discussions that provide an opportunity to top police officials to directly brief the Prime Minister on key policing and internal security issues affecting the country.