Jaitley asks young IPS probationers to learn to fight newer crime

Says crime is no longer conventional; urges recruits to use modern tools to contain terror

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley advised the 2015 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers to keep learning while in service as the nature of crime remains changing.

"You must remember that the nature of crime remains changing. It is no longer merely conventional crime. Terrorism is a great curse on society. You have to deploy all modern tools in order to learn how to fight terror," he told the probationers on the occasion of their passing out parade at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad on Friday.

The 68-year-old academy trains and produces the elite police service officers for the country besides providing mid career courses to the in-service officers of the Indian Police Service.

Jaitley cited areas such as cyber crimes, crimes involving detailed forensic analysis, narcotics and newer areas of emerging crimes where they need to educate themselves while being on the job.

He was the chief gust at the 68th Regular Recruits' (2015 batch) passing out parade, which marks the completion of their training by the academy. In all 124 probationers, including 15 foreign trainees, had undergone the 44 week training at the academy.

Speaking about India's first Home Minister Patel on this occasion, Jaitley said though he lived just around two and half years after Independence he was able to achieve the integration of the country in its present geographical shape in such a shortest possible time.

The minister also advised probationers to position themselves in a manner where they decide that ethics and morality were always with their side when they face inner struggle and by doing so they were least likely to go wrong.

Ladies made up 20 per cent of the total number of officer trainees in this batch. Of the 15 foreign officer trainees, five are from Nepal Police Service, six are from Royal Bhutan Police Service and four trainees are from Maldivian Police Service.