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New Delhi, Jan 14
With intelligence agencies cautioning of terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba's plans to use uninhabited islands in the Indian Ocean as bases for strikes against vital installations along the Indian coastline, New Delhi is sending a senior officer to the Maldives ensure this is nipped in the bud.
Home Secretary V. K. Duggal will be in Male for two days from Monday to discuss "bilateral relations in security matters, specially the coastal security of India", with the Maldives government, an official statement Sunday said.
The home secretary will also discuss measures to increase co-operation between the two countries for tackling terrorism, organised- crimes and narcotics smuggling. Duggal's four-member delegation includes Narcotics Control Bureau chief K.V. Verma.
During his visit, Duggal will also call on senior political leaders of the island nation.
Addressing the annual conference of the chiefs of state police and central paramilitary forces Nov 22, 2006, Home Minister Shivraj Patil had warned that the "country's coastal areas are coming under increased threat from terrorist groups which have decided to use the sea route to infiltrate into India". |
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