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Home Minister Amit Shah to meet Anti-Terrorism Squad chiefs: sources

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be organising the conference between October 14-15, sources added.

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According to sources, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asked to meet the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chiefs of all states. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will also present at the meeting, sources added.

The Home Ministry meeting, chaired by Shah, will likely see presentations being provided to the state ATS chiefs, briefing them on all current issues related to terrorism and subsequent counter-terror operations.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be organising the conference between October 14-15, sources added.

Earlier, news agency ANI reported that with the help of Pakistan Army and ISI, the three top terrorist organisations-- Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) have distributed responsibilities to carry out terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, parts of India and for political and police killings.

"There is a credible input that terrorists have recently held a joint meeting at an unspecified location in Pulwama in which different operational responsibilities were assigned to different terrorist groups as a future strategy," a security document stated.

Security forces have already been asked to follow standard operating procedures and co-ordinate constantly with intelligence agencies, local police and Indian Army.

The meeting is expected to considerably update the security forces of the country regarding recent terrorist developments and formulate a proper counter-terror action plan.

The Anti-Terrorism squad is a special police force in several states in the country to deal with specialised terror threats, such as when the ATS was involved in dealing with the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

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