New Delhi, Nov 12 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a second high-level review meeting on law and order and policing at the Delhi Police headquarters in less than three weeks, taking stock of the security preparedness in the national capital.
The meeting, attended by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu and senior Delhi Police officers, lasted over three hours, police said.
Shah reached the police headquarters on Jai Singh Road around 3.15 pm and held detailed discussions with senior officers on various aspects of policing, intelligence gathering and the law-and-order situation in Delhi.
“Several issues that could not be discussed during the previous review meeting on October 24 had been scheduled for deliberations during Thursday’s meeting. The meeting assumes significance in the wake of recent security incidents in neighbouring regions. In Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, three CRPF personnel were injured, one of them critically, after suspected terrorists opened fire at a security checkpoint near Mir Bazar on Wednesday,” said a police source.
The source also said that a recent attack in Ghaziabad, an explosion at the Vasundhara police outpost on November 6, left a food delivery worker injured and damaged the premises. Multiple agencies, including the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad, examined the incident amid claims of a possible terror link.
During his previous visit on October 24, Shah had chaired a security review meeting at the Delhi Police headquarters, which was attended by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar and other senior officers.
The discussions covered police preparedness to handle large gatherings and protests, intelligence collection, crowd management and coordination among various units.
The source also said Thursday’s meeting was intended to take up additional matters that remained pending from the previous review.
(PTI News)
