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Summary Manmohan Singh ordered strict security at maritime border.
Two days after the Intelligence Bureau talked about Indias vulnerability to global terrorists, India’s Prime Minister on Saturday expressed how the terror threat persists unabated with the militant groups ability to use sea routes to enter the country at the time when they already stepped up their infiltration attempts across the Line of Control and the International Border.Asking top cops of the country to exercise utmost vigilance not only along land border but also along maritime boundary, Singh said: There are indications about terrorist groups maintaining their ability to use the sea route.The Prime Minister also expressed deep concern over increase in communal incidents in the past few months when the country not only witnessed a month long violence in Assam but also felt its repercussions in other parts where certain elements used social media network and SMSsMMSs to spread inflammatory messages and doctored videos to create panic and social unrest.Addressing chiefs of state police, central paramilitary forces and intelligence agencies here during a security meet, Singh said: We need to devise strategies to counter the propaganda that is carried out by new means of communication. He, however, emphasized that any measure to control the use of such media must be carefully weighed against the need for the freedom to express and communicate.In a clear reference to what had happened in southern states and Maharashtra in the wake of Assam violence, the PM said: The increase in the communal incidents in the country in the past few months and revival of ethnic tensions is a matter of concern....There is a need for re-orienting our police forces to effectively track the sentiments of the people and inter-community tensions.
