Police officers discuss smooth conduct of election, LWE

Senior police officers of six states Friday attended a meeting here to discuss issues related to smooth conduct of the general election, Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and movement of criminals into each others territory, officials said.

The senior police officers of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Telangana and West Bengal attended the inter-state coordination meeting for smooth conduct of elections here. Senior officers of CRPF and BSF also attended the meet.

Addressing at the meeting, Odisha DGP RP Sharma emphasised on inter-state cooperation during upcoming election to tackle challenges posed by left wing extremists.

Sharma urged the police officials of other states to share intelligence inputs about Maoists with each other.

The Odisha DGP hoped that this meeting would help in sharing of real time intelligence as well as check the cross border movement of criminals to a great extent.

"Strategies can emerge to check illegal transportation of contraband, drug trafficking, illegal cross border movement of weapons, counterfeit notes and Maoist movement," Sharma said.

The meeting also discussed on others aspects like checking illegal fund flow and movement of criminals into each others territory as well as drug trafficking, a senior officer said.

Odisha's Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary, Asit Kumar Tripathy called upon the participating officers from different states to be prompt and co-operative in sharing intelligence on issues relating to cross border extremism, coastal security, inter-state movements of criminals and others