‘Destroy Terrorism & Its Entire Ecosystem’: Amit Shah Asks Agencies to Adopt ‘Ruthless Approach’

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that all anti-terror agencies should adopt such a ruthless approach so that new terrorist groups are not formed.

“We have to destroy not only terrorism but its entire ecosystem,” Shah said at an anti-terror meet in New Delhi.

Shah said a huge success was achieved in reducing violence in Jammu & Kashmir, Naxal-hit areas and the Northeast due to the tough decisions of the Modi government.

“Modi government has prepared many big databases in the last 5 years, all the agencies of the centre and state should make multidimensional use of them, only then we will be successful in the fight against terrorism. Using the database for Investigate, Prosecute, Prevention and Action,” he said.

Shah Calls for Better Coordination Among Agencies

Shah also called for better coordination between the central and state agencies in the fight against terrorism.

“Form a Model Anti-terrorism Structure under the aegis of NIA. The hierarchy, structure and SoPs of investigation of anti-terror agencies should be the same in all the states. So that there can be better coordination between the central and state agencies. We will have to work towards creating a Common Training Module so that uniformity can be brought in the methodology of fight against terrorism,” he said.

Shah said that the job of NIA, ATS and STF is not just to investigate, but they should go beyond the scope of the investigation and work towards attacking terrorism with out-of-the-box thinking.

“In the fight against terrorism, from global to village and country, there is a need to work with international cooperation from different states of India. The Modi government has adopted a tough stance on all the challenges like crypto, hawala, terror-funding, organized crime syndicates, and narco-terror links, which has yielded very good results, but till now there is still a lot left to do,” he said.

The Home Minister said that all should together create a mechanism that will empower the country against this multi-dimensional fight for decades to come.

He said the Narendra Modi government is firmly committed to rooting out terrorism from the country. He also said Prime Minister Modi’s vision is behind the policy of zero tolerance for terrorism adopted by the country.

“The Modi government is firmly committed to rooting out terrorism from our country. Will inaugurate the ‘3rd Anti-terror Conference’ hosted by @NIA_India in New Delhi today and illustrate Modi Ji’s vision behind the policy of zero tolerance for terrorism adopted by our nation,” he wrote on X.

(With PTI inputs)