Intelligence agencies should work in tandem as a strong deterrent against uprising of terrorism: Ajay Bhalla

Top intelligence officials have presented research papers during the two-day-long conference incorporating the present menace of Khalistani terrorism, the dismantling of the terror ecosystem, and terror funding.

New Delhi:Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Friday reiterated that all the Central and State intelligence agencies should work in tandem as a strong deterrent against the uprising of terrorism across the country. According to Bhalla, multidimensional and Artificial Intelligence-based use of terror databases by all the agencies of the Centre and the State should be a major option for a successful fight against terrorism.

Bhalla was given the valedictory address on the concluding day of the two-day-long Anti-Terror Conference 2023 organised by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The conference, which witnessed the participation of top intelligence officials from the Centre and States, also underlined the importance of sharing real-time information.

Top intelligence officials presented research papers during the two-day-long conference incorporating the present menace of Khalistani terrorism, the dismantling of the terror ecosystem, and terror funding. The conference also dwelt on issues like good practices in terror investigation, the use of UAPA and other legal provisions to counter terror and crime, and harvesting investigative intelligence through digital forensics and data analytics.

The conference also had a detailed discussion on Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltration in Assam, an issue that has always been at the centre stage of external-internal security of the country. Deputy Inspector General from Assam police special task force Partha Sarathi Mahanta presented a case study on Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators.

Abhisekh Singh, SSP, ATS from Uttar Pradesh, presented a case study on the Gorakhnath Temple attack. As many as six senior IPS officers, including Vijay Sakhare, Rajev Kumar Meena, HGS Dhaliwal, Nilabh Kishore, Homkar Amol Vinukant, and Tarun Nayak, gave presentations on dismantling the terror ecosystem.

On the issue of terror funding, six intelligence officials gave their presentation and case studies. The last session of the two-day-long conference was on harvesting investigative intelligence through digital forensics and data analytics.

Seven top intelligence officials, including Ashish Batra from NIA, M Chandra Sekha from Karnataka, Rajesh Kumar from I4C, Sanjay Mathur from NCRB, KK Sharma and Tanmay from BSF and IIT Delhi, Manish Garg and M Krishna from Hyderabad presented their studies on harvesting investigative intelligence through digital forensic and data analytics.