With less than a week left for the Lok Sabha election, the Delhi Police on Friday held a meeting with police forces of other States here to strengthen cooperation and coordination in order to address various issues related to policing in the National Capital Region, officials said.
The meeting, held by Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik at the Police Headquarters, was aimed at figuring out ways to mprove coordination for the smooth conduct of the forthcoming Lok Sabha election and to share terror-related intelligence and inputs about various extremist outfits and their designs in the prevailing circumstances, they said.
Senior Delhi Police officers and their counterparts from Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh attended the meeting.
The meeting also stressed upon increasing intensive and coordinated checking and patrolling at vulnerable points to curb movement of illicit liquor, firearms, cash and musclemen, a senior police officer said.
Tenant verification, guest house checking and sensitisation of cyber cafe owners, and second-hand car dealers were emphasised in order to strengthen the counter-terrorism measures, especially during the elections, by taking action against anti-social elements.
All officers were also briefed to share advance intelligence having inter-State ramifications on law and order, the police added.