New Delhi, Oct 23: CBI director P C Sharma has outlined an action plan to flush out terrorists, fugitives and ring leaders of trans-national organised crimes from their bases and compel them to face the law. Addressing the 71st general assembly session of the Interpol at Yaounde in Cameroon, Sharma called for creation of a core group of 10-15 countries affected by international terrorism and trans-national crimes to share information and devise counter-measures to effectively tackle such crimes. Sharma, who is leading the five-member Indian delegation to the conference as head of Interpol India, said "breeding grounds of terrorism have to be identified and understood and suitable counter-measures initiated without compromising the sovereignty of the states concerned." One thirty nine countries are participating in the four-day conference which began on October 21. During discussions, the CBI director made an effective intervention on the subject and the assembly decided to hold soon an exclusive international conference on "bringing fugitives to justice" to consider and finalise the action plan suggested by him, a CBI release said here today.

Sharma lamented that "there are some countries where fugitives and ring leaders of trans-national crimes establish their bases and safe sanctuaries from where they operate and cause havoc in other countries."

He appreciated the role played by Interpol and the UAE in deporting criminals like Aftab Ansari and Muthappa Rai to stand trial in India as also Portugal for apprehending the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast case accused Abu Salem.

Bureau Report