Guwahati, November 01: Police chiefs of the seven North Eastern States and also of Sikkim, West Bengal and the Army top brass today converged in the Assam Police headquarters in Guwahati here to discuss on ways and means to tackle the insurgency, growing jehadi threat, cross border terrorism and the arms and drug trafficking in the region.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi inaugurated the annual two day long conference of the DGPs and the IGPs of the North Eastern States and said that the growing jehadi threat, problem of insurgency and other crimes needed to be taken up jointly in coordination with all the States in the region.

Speaking on the occasion Assam DGP DN Dutta said that the menaces are growing in the whole of the region and that it needed to be addressed jointly by all the States.

"We will discuss the issues like insurgency, jehadi threat, narco crimes, counter fake currency, Islamic fundamentalism during the two-day long conference and try to chalk out some joint strategy to tackle these menaces," Dutta said.

"These are growing and it needs a total involvement of the security agencies and intelligence agencies of all the states in the region to combat these in better way," said the DGP.

The conference is also being attended by the senior officials of 3 Corps and 4 Corps of the Army and RAW officers.

The participants will present papers in the conference and will discuss the common concerns of all the States.

The Assam Chief Minister praised the unified command structure of operations in the state and said that it is a success in Assam while combating militancy.

He said that coordination and cooperation among the police and other security agencies in each states of the region is the need of the hour.

Chief Secretary of Assam S Kabilan while speaking on the occasion stressed that there should always be operational coordination among the police and security forces operating in each states of the region to counter these growing crimes in effective way.

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