Correct Answer : 2024
Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday(27th Oct 2022) the government will set-up branches of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in all the states by 2024 to deal with terrorism cases, even as he asked them (the states) to join hands with the Centre in dealing with borderless crimes, cross-border terrorism and organized crimes.
Delivering the keynote address at the first-ever Chintan Shivir (brainstorming) of home ministers of states in Surajkund, Haryana, Shah asked states to prepare a “joint strategy” for the internal and external security problems of the country.
“To achieve a decisive victory in the fight against terrorism, the legal framework is being strengthened, under which provision has been made to declare individual terrorists by amending the NIA and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act ( UAPA). e NIA has been given extra territorial jurisdiction powers as well as authority to confiscate the property acquired by terrorists. Now, we have decided that NIA branches will be established in all the states by 2024,” Shah said at the two-day conference.
Currently,
NIA has 15 branches in Delhi,
Hyderabad,
Guwahati,
Kochi,
Lucknow,
Mumbai,
Kolkata,
Raipur,
Jammu,
Chandigarh,
Ranchi,
Chennai,
Imphal,
Bengaluru and
Patna. The federal anti-terror agency, formed in the aftermath of
26/11 Mumbai attacks, has so far
registered 468 cases and has a conviction rate of
93.25%..
Source : Hindustan Times
