(a) whether the Union Government has directed the States to inform the
police forces about the dangers of sharing intelligence information with
the media and public during the initial phase of investigations; and
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the States in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)
(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. During the DGPs/IGPs conference 2012, held in New Delhi,
Union Home Ministry in his address had advised all DGPs that threat related
intelligence should be carefully handled, and that should be worked upon
diligently but discreetly. Premature exposure of such intelligence can retard
and even defeat the possibility of interdiction. Similarly, revealing of clues
as collected by painstaking infestations to the print & electronic media alerts
other conspirators and blunts the momentum of investigations. Lastly,
effectiveness of novel techniques evolved by investigators is also quickly
eroded by the indiscriminate disclosure of specifics in the public domain.
Investigations must remain firmly focused on identifying precisely the perpetrators.