Union Home Minister Amit Shah has warned of “borderless and invisible” terror threats and stressed the need for cutting-edge technology to effectively deal with these threats.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Counter-Terrorism Conference 2024, Shah said: “Terrorist attacks and their conspiracies target us in a borderless and invisible way.
If we are to handle it accurately, then our young officers must be equipped with the highest technology and they must be trained. We will make this an important part of our training over the next few days.
Shah announced that the Ministry of Home Affairs is taking the next proactive steps to combat terrorism and will formulate a national counter-terrorism policy and strategy.
“We are taking the next step in the Ministry of Interior’s proactive measures to combat terrorism, terrorists and the terrorist ecosystem. We will develop a national counter-terrorism policy and strategy,” he said.
“But as I said, the police is a state subject and the fight can only be done by the state police. All (central) agencies will support you, right from providing information to taking action,” Shah added.
Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s zero-tolerance policy against terrorism is now accepted globally and the country has built a strong ecosystem to deal with terrorism.
“Seventy-five years of independence have passed.
So far, 36,468 police officers have sacrificed their lives to maintain the country’s internal security and border security. Today I would like to pay tribute to all of them for their supreme sacrifice on behalf of the country and to thank their families.
In the ten years since Prime Minister Modi took office as Prime Minister of India, the Indian government has adopted a firm counter-terrorism strategy. His slogan of zero tolerance for terrorism is accepted not only by India but also by the world today.
A strong counter-terrorism ecosystem has been created within India,” he said.
The two-day “Counter-Terrorism Conference 2024” is hosted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The focus of the meeting was to develop synergies among various stakeholders by establishing channels for coordinated action to combat the threat of terrorism in the spirit of a “whole-of-government approach” and to provide substantive input for future policy formulation. .
The two-day conference will focus on a variety of important issues, including prosecution in counter-terrorism investigations and the evolving legal framework, sharing of experience and good practice, challenges and opportunities related to emerging technologies, international legal cooperation and strategies, according to the Home Office argument, used to destroy the terror ecosystem in various anti-terror war zones across India.
The meeting was attended by senior police officers of states/Union Territories, officials of central agencies/departments responsible for counter-terrorism related issues and experts in law, forensics, technology and other related fields, the home ministry said in a release.
