He further said due to many national and international events held in the national capital, where the offices and residences of the President and the Prime Minister are also located, the responsibility of the Delhi Police increases significantly, adding that the force has always remained at the forefront and discharged its responsibilities with excellence and success.
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Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday lauded the Delhi Police for successfully tackling complex crimes and issues like the drug syndicates, counterfeit currency rackets, cybercrimes, or organized crime, while maintaining peace and security in the national capital.
Shah, who was speaking on the occasion of Delhi Police’s 79th raising day, stated that the Delhi Police has never left any stone unturned in fulfilling its commitment to peace, service, and justice as the city, besides being the capital of the country, is the heartbeat of the nation’s democracy. “As the national capital, it is extremely important that Delhi’s security meets the highest global standards,” he added.
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He further said due to many national and international events held in the national capital, where the offices and residences of the President and the Prime Minister are also located, the responsibility of the Delhi Police increases significantly, adding that the force has always remained at the forefront and discharged its responsibilities with excellence and success.
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Shah also praised the Delhi Police’s Special Cell for playing a successful and crucial role in probing narcotics syndicates, fake Indian currency notes, complex cybercrimes, organized crime, and several major terrorist incidents not only in Delhi, but across the nation.
On the occasion, the HM also laid the foundation stone for the Integrated Headquarters of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell, being built at a cost of Rs 368 crore, touted to be an effective means to deal with terrorism and crime, Shah stated.
According to the HM, over the past decade, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, several milestones have been achieved, one of them being the introduction of three new criminal laws. It is for the first time in the country’s laws that ‘terrorism’ has been defined, and a provision for trial in absentia has been made for fugitives who flee the country.
He said provisions have been made to attach the properties of declared offenders located outside India.
Meanwhile, Shah inaugurated the first phase of the Safe City project, adding that the modern Integrated Command Control Communication and Computer Centre, (C4I) built at a cost of approximately 857 crore rupees, is being dedicated to the people of Delhi.
He said under the first phase of the program to connect Delhi with 10,000 cameras, 2,100 cameras are already operational and live, and the work of integrating more than 15,000 existing cameras with the system has been completed.
According to Shah, the Safe City Project would significantly enhance Delhi’s security in the coming days.
The home minister said in the coming time, the MHA will weave a network of CCTV cameras across the entire nation to create a new security system, with a focus on modernizing security system at every land border of the country, which is going to make the nation free from infiltrators.
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