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Plan to have realtime info on terrorists with US dropped

Last Updated 01 April 2016, 19:34 IST

Objections from security agencies have put a spanner on the ambitious plan to exchange terrorists information on a realtime basis between India and the United States.

The proposal to have such a system has been dropped from the Homeland Security Dialogue to be held in June, official sources said. The US has suggested a model agreement Homeland Security Presidential Directive for exchange of terrorist screening information between Terrorist Screening Centre (TSC) of the US and an agency chosen by Indian authorities.

Though there were discussions between the countries over the matter, sources said, Indian intelligence agencies were not enthusiastic about the scheme. This has resulted in the dropping of the plan to ink the agreement during the Homeland Security Dialogue in June to be attended by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his US counterpart Jeh Johnson.

The issue also did not figure during Tuesday’s preparatory meeting for the Homeland Security Dialogue, which was attended by Assistant Secretary Alan Bersin and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs M Gopal Reddy.

Though a section of the intelligence apparatus was in agreement with the proposed draft, majority felt that it primarily protected the US interests and India was not getting a reciprocal benefit.

However, later there was a general agreement on getting into the pact with the US as it was felt that there was no disadvantage in entering such pacts.

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(Published 01 April 2016, 19:34 IST)

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