New Delhi: Attempts by Bangladesh-based terror groups to revive their modules in West Bengal and nearby states, as well as other issues pertaining to critical aspects of India’s national security, will come up during a two-day meeting of the country’s top security and intelligence brass in New Delhi next week.
Various topics, like the use of India’s porous borders by anti-India elements to smuggle drugs, arms and explosives, and online radicalisation and recruitment of young men by a Pakistan-backed gangster-terrorist network led by Shahzad Bhatti, will also come up for discussion during the two-day Anti-Terror Conference 2026 of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is likely to be held on November 19-20, people familiar with the development said.
The conference is expected to be attended by Union home minister Amit Shah. He is expected to attend the conference and issue important directions to the NIA and the anti-terror squads (ATSs) of all the states and union territories (UTs).
“Infiltration from the porous border in the northeast and Bengal, as well as smuggling of drugs, arms and explosives, will be discussed during the conference,” an official, who asked not to be named, said, as reported by Hindustan Times.
The proxy warfare by Pakistan, instances of Indian men being used by Pakistani gangster networks to attack police stations, police officers, offices of political parties, businessmen or celebrities in Punjab, Haryana and elsewhere will also come up for discussion, the official said.
Two NIA databases were launched during the last NIA annual conference.
One of them was on organised crime networks, and the other on looted/lost or recovered weapons. Both databases can be accessed by state and central agencies to obtain ready information on organised criminals, their modus operandi, past cases, and weapons.
Shah, in a separate conference organised by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in August this year, had asserted that India’s security policy must be formulated taking into account global instability, insecurity surrounding energy and resources, supply-chain disruptions, rising radicalisation and warfare of cyber misinformation.