Clamp On Terror Funding Need Of The Hour: NIA DG

Bhubaneswar: Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA) Yogesh Chander Modi on Thursday said that terrorism can be effectively brought down by stopping flow of funds to the terror outfits.

Yogesh, who arrived here on Wednesday night to attend a one-day workshop on investigation of terror-related cases at Police Bhawan, said efforts should be made to stop the flow of funds to the Maoists outfits who are active in Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

He also laid emphasis on the use of modern technology to effectively deal with terrorism.

Referring to the Maoist activities, he said the states should hand over such cases to the NIA.

He further said that the Odisha government should send senior police officials to NIA on deputation for specialised training on counter-terrorism.

“We will share our experience of investigation of terror cases especially terror funding cases. It is a joint effort by the Odisha Police and the NIA. We wish that the success we have achieved in the investigation, should be followed by the local police as well so that they can have very good results in the investigation of these cases,” the NIA DG pointed out.

Director General of Police (DGP) BK Sharma said that terror-related cases are registered in Odisha. As these are highly technical and professional cases, the mode of investigation is different, he said, adding that they had earlier NIA to organised a training programme in Odisha.

“Keeping my request, the NIA DG has come to the state with his faculty and senior officers to impart training to our officers. More than 100 police officers in the rank of DGP and inspectors are attending the training workshop here,” Sharma said.

Talking about the terror investigation, the DGP said it is complicated as the police cannot access oral and documentary evidence of the terrorists. “The investigation is solely based on forensic and technological evidence. The NIA will inform our police officers about the availability of new investigation tools and software to deal with such cases,” he pointed out.