Modi urges police to modernise, realign with 'Viksit Bharat' vision

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed concerns over the potential threats generated on account of digital frauds, cyber crimes and AI technology, particularly the potential of deep fakes to disrupt social and familial relations. He urged the police to modernise and realign itself with vision of 'Viksit Bharat'.

Modi was speaking at the valedictory session of annual DGP-IGP conference at Bhubaneswar in Odisha. The conference was attended by Union home minister Amit Shah, Principal Secretary to PM, National Security Advisor, ministers of state for home and Union home secretary.

As a countermeasure, PM Modi called upon the police leadership to convert the challenge into an opportunity by harnessing India's double power of Artificial Intelligence and 'Aspirational India'. During his address, the PM expanded the mantra of 'SMART' policing and called upon the police officials to become strategic, meticulous, adaptable, reliable and transparent. During the conference, in-depth discussions were held on existing and emerging challenges to national security, including counter terrorism, Left-Wing Extremism, cybercrime, economic security, immigration, coastal security and narco-trafficking. Deliberations were also held on emerging security concerns along the border with Bangladesh and Myanmar, trends in urban policing and strategies for countering malicious narratives. Further, a review was undertaken of implementation of newly-enacted criminal laws, initiatives and best practices in policing as also the security situation in the neighborhood.