New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired an important meeting on Friday to assess the law and order situation in the national capital. The meeting was attended by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood, and senior officials from the Delhi government. Additionally, Union Home Secretary, the Director of the Intelligence Bureau, and other senior officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs were also present.
The focus of the meeting was expected to be on enhancing coordination between the newly formed Delhi government and the Delhi Police, as well as strengthening policing strategies to address emerging law and order challenges in the city. Shah has been closely monitoring security across the country and has highlighted the need for a robust law enforcement mechanism in Delhi, given its importance as the capital of India.
Rekha Gupta, the newly elected Chief Minister of Delhi from the BJP, who took office on February 20, and Ashish Sood, the Delhi Home Minister, participated in the meeting. Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora and other senior police officers were also present.
Earlier, on February 18, Amit Shah had emphasized the urgent need for the implementation of “trial in absentia” provisions and the full enforcement of new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir by April 2025. During a meeting with the Union Territory’s Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Shah discussed the use of technology to expedite justice under the three new criminal laws: the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023; and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), 2023. These laws replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act, respectively.
Shah stressed the importance of reviewing the implementation of these new laws regularly at various levels, from the Chief Minister to the Director General of Police, to ensure their effective enforcement.
