Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan recently underscored India’s commitment to maintaining zero tolerance towards terrorism in all its forms, including cross-border, narco, and cyber-enabled terror.
In his concluding remarks at the Anti-Terror Conference held in New Delhi Saturday, he hailed the institutionalisation of the event as a crucial platform to strengthen national resolve and coordination against evolving threats.
Mohan highlighted the importance of remaining alert to challenges stemming from radicalisation, recruitment, and the exploitation of vulnerable youth for violent activities.
The Home Secretary said the discussions at the conference dealt with cutting-edge topics such as digital device data analysis, big data analytics, and, notably, the challenge of unmasking digital anonymity.
Applauding the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for its exceptionally high conviction rate of over “90 per cent,” Mohan stated that the government aimed to raise conviction rates across all police forces to similar levels through improved investigation quality and inter-agency cooperation.
“Union Home Minister Amit Shah (at the conference) had lauded the operational and investigative success of various agencies and state police forces in the two recent terror attack cases of Pahalgam and the Delhi Red Fort blast. These agencies have made the country proud with their thorough actions in the Pahalgam targeted attack case,” an NIA spokesperson said in a statement.
Quoting Home Minister Shah, the spokesperson further said, “This is the first terrorist incident in which we punished the people who planned the act of terrorism through Operation Sindoor, and the terrorists who carried out the attack were neutralised through Operation Mahadev.”
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The spokeperson said that Shah termed the twin action as “a strong and decisive response from the Government of India, India’s security forces, and the people of India to the terrorist masterminds in Pakistan.”
The spokesperson said, “The conference focussed on the lessons learnt during investigations, preemptive disruption of terror modules, learnings in various theatres such as LWE (Left Wing Extremism), North East, and various hybrid threats to national security. It served as a platform to explore and evaluate the new security threats such as deepfakes and hybrid warfare, and also emphasised the need for digital forensics and data analysis in counter-terror investigations. Other significant discussions were focussed on countering financing of terrorism, maritime terrorism and illicit trafficking, and evolving counter-terrorism jurisprudence.”
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