Post Bangalore blast, Shinde pushes for setting up NCTC

April 22, 2013 14:47

In the wake of the Bangalore blast, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today pushed for setting up the NCTC to strengthen intelligence gathering. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha on the blast outside BJP office in Bangalore, Shinde said the Home Ministry was also working towards putting in place an explosive tracking system.

"We also need to strengthen the intelligence set up of the states. We have been advising the states on this, but we have not seen much progress," he said.

Shinde said the government was also trying to strengthen human intelligence component of intelligence agencies, which is expected to start yielding results.

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