Indian intelligence experts attend global meets to tackle IS threat

October 05, 2015 08:41

Times of India reports: Wary of the threat posed by Islamic State in the sub-continent, intelligence experts are attending back to back meetings in different countries to discuss strategy to deal with the menace.

National Investigation Agency Director General Sharad Kumar recently represented India at a special meet in Holland where issues related to Islamic State's influence here, sharing of intelligence on youngsters joining or planning to join the outfit, de-radicalizing them, preventive measures, role of civil society and NGOs in educating against terrorism and need for a stricter law were discussed.

Sources say that most of the 240 delegates from about 70 countries, affected by the threat of Islamic State, who met in Holland on September 23-24, favoured having a strict law to deter youngsters and curb IS' ability to reach out to them on the internet.

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