Fight against terror, infiltration, religious tension to continue: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the fight against terrorism infiltration and conspiracy to create religious tension will continue even though the country has established relative peace in Jammu and Kashmir the Northeast and Naxalaffected areas reported news agency PTIAddressing a function in Delhi on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day Amit Shah said the sacrifice of police martyrs will not go in vain and the country will become a fully developed nation by 2047In the last 10 years relative peace has been established in Jammu and Kashmir the Northeastern region and LWEaffected areas However our fight is not over We will continue to fight against narcotics cybercrime conspiracy to create religious tension infiltration and terrorism among others which continue to pose challenges to us he said reported PTIThe home minister said since independence 36438 police personnel have laid down their lives for the safety and security of the country with 216 of them in the last yearHe said the country will remain forever grateful for their sacrifice in the countrys development journeyI want to assure the family members of the martyrs that their sacrifice will not go in vain The country will remain safe and achieve its goal despite any challenge which may come in the way and India will become a developed nation by 2047 he said reported PTIReferring to the three new criminal laws which came into force on July 1 Shah said work to establish the infrastructure for the implementation of the new laws had started five years ago and the remaining work will be completed in the next three yearsI want to tell the country that Indias criminal justice system will be the most modern in the world and full justice up to the Supreme Court could be delivered within three years of the registration of an FIR he said reported PTIGiving details about the steps taken for the welfare of the police personnel the home minister said the police personnel and their family members can now avail treatment in any Ayushman hospital after the implementation of the Ayushman CAPF scheme reported PTITo enhance the housing satisfaction of the CAPF personnel he said approval has been given for the construction of 13000 houses of which 11276 will be ready by March next yearThe Police Commemoration Day function was held at the National Police Memorial in DelhiBefore his speech Shah paid floral tributes to all police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of dutyOn October 21 1959 10 policemen died in the line of duty during an ambush laid by heavily armed Chinese troops at the Hot Springs in Ladakh Since then every year October 21 has been observed as Police Commemoration Day to honour these martyrs and all other police personnel who died in the line of dutyWith inputs from PTI