Police forces being modernised to tackle newer challenges: Shah
   Date :22-Oct-2020

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 Union Home Minister Amit Shah lays a wreath at Police Memorial on the occasion of the National Police Commemoration Day in New Delhi on Wednesday. (PTI)
 
 
NEW DELHI ;
 
The Government is undertaking a comprehensive modernisation programme to prepare the police and paramilitary forces of the country for newer challenges of terrorism, cyber crime and border security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Wednesday. Shah made the remarks while addressing a joint column of police and Central Armed Police Forces jawans and officers at the National Police Memorial in Chanakyapuri here on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day.
 
The day is observed to pay homage to 10 policemen (of the CRPF) killed in an ambush by Chinese troops in 1959 in Ladakh’s Hot Spring area. “The work of police is witnessing new challenges and new dimensions in the areas of terrorism, fake currency, narcotics control, cyber crime, arms smuggling, human trafficking.
 
“It is a challenge to prepare the police forces for the new dimensions that have emerged in the last 2-3 decades,” Shah said. “We have prepared a comprehensive modernisation programme for the police and I am hopeful that in the coming days the Modi Government will prepare them to meet these challenges,” he said.