SP's MAI Issue No. 16 | August 16-31, 2012 - Internal Security Updates
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Integrated homeland challenge
By Lt General (Retd) P.C. KatochIntegration and interdependence of terrorist and insurgent organisations in India is happening at a fast pace and there is no option but to respond at the national level
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Defence Minister reviews coastal security initiativesThe Defence Minister AK Antony recently reviewed the progress on various steps taken to enhance India’s coastal security.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Home Minister’s statement on Assam violenceThe Union Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, has stated in the Parliament that the unfortunate incidents of violence took place in Kokrajhar, Chirang, Dhubri and Bongaigaon districts in Assam from July 6, 2012 and onwards.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Poppy cultivation funding Maoist outfitsJitendra Pratap Singh, Minister of State of Home Affairs, has said in the Parliament that the CPI (Maoist) tacitly allow large-scale poppy/ganja cultivation in their strongholds in order to collect money from such illegal cultivation.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Jet skier skips security at JFK AirportDaniel Casillo, 31, whose jet ski failed in New York’s Jamaica Bay swam and walked into John F. Kennedy Airport, penetrating the airport’s $100 million, state-of-the-art security system. He was subsequently arrested for criminal trespassing.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Boston police close to cracking two decade heist caseEarly August, the Boston police searched the home of Robert Gentile, a 75-year-old alleged mobster and a man who they believe has information about the Isabella Stewart Gardner robbery.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Bulgarian security lapse, seven Israeli tourists killedSeven Israeli tourists were killed when a bus carrying 47 tourists was bombed near Bourgas airport in Bulgaria and Israelis have termed it as a major &?squo;security failure’.
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INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
Belarus top brass fired over teddy bear bombingChief of the Belarusian Air Defence and Air Force, as well as the country’s top border guard were sacked recently by the Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Security tightened at Indian airportsFollowing intelligence from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) of a possible terror attack at an airport in India, the authorities have strengthened airport security.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
SIMI declared unlawfulThe Special Tribunal has confirmed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declaration of SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India) as an unlawful association. The Tribunal pronounced its order on August 1, 2012. SIMI was for the first time declared an unlawful association on September 27, 2001.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
26 districts affected ‘severely’ by naxalsThe CPI (Maoist), the main left-wing extremist (LWE) group, has been trying to expand its activities in various states of the country. The states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha are considered badly affected by LWE, according to the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Jitendra Singh.
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INTERNAL SECURITY
Maruti plant may opt for CISF securityThe Maruit Suzuki plant at Manesar plant may opt for additional security for its employees and production facilities. It is contemplating deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) or a permanent presence of Haryana police at its factory premises.
