MHA meeting discussed functioning of SIA in J&K

A Ministry of Home Affairs meeting on Thursday chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla discussed the functioning of the State Investigation Agency (SIA), a newly formed surveillance body for J&K, after a series of unabated killings by terror outfits in the region.

New Delhi: A high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Thursday elaborately discussed the functioning of the newly formed State Investigation Agency (SIA) in Jammu & Kashmir after the unabated killing of civilians.

The meeting has emphasized that SIA should work in tandem with the NIA.

The SIA is the nodal agency in J&K to take necessary measures to counter the ongoing threat of terrorism. Various other issues including the modernization of police forces were also discussed in the meeting.

The meeting took place against the backdrop of an unabated targeted killing by terror outfits in Jammu & Kashmir.

Top officials of CRPF, J&K DGP Dilbag Singh, officials from State intelligence bureau, central intelligence agencies were present in the meeting.

DGP CID Rashmi Ranjan Swain, who is also head of the SIA was present at the meeting.

The meeting took place close on the heels of a terrorist attack carried by terrorist organizations where three policemen were killed and several others were injured.

In the recent past, the central government had a few more rounds of meetings over the unabated killing in J&K.

Intelligence agencies believe that the ongoing targeted killing by the terrorist organizations proves that they are desperate to make their presence known in the region.

Previously militant outfits killed over a dozen civilians, including minorities and non-locals in J&K.