Ahead of the two-day Anti-Terror Conference commencing Thursday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is committed to building a terror-free India with its zero policy tolerance on terror.

In a post on X, Shah said, “The Modi government is committed to building a terror-free India. The two-day Anti-Terror Conference, starting tomorrow (Thursday), will enhance coordination among agencies to strengthen Bharat’s security bastion.”

The Anti-Terror conference will focus on fostering coordination among various stakeholders to tackle terrorism through a unified, ‘whole of the government’ approach.

The event will be hosted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), and aims to shape future counter-terrorism policies and strategies, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said.

The conference will bring together senior police officials, central agency officers, and experts from law, forensics, and technology to discuss crucial issues such as legal frameworks for counter-terrorism, prosecution challenges, and the role of emerging technologies.

The discussions will also address international legal cooperation and strategies for dismantling terrorist networks operating across India.

“The key focus of the ‘Anti-Terror Conference-2024’ is on developing synergies among various stakeholders by establishing channels for coordinated action against the menace of terrorism in the spirit of ‘whole of the government approach’,” said the MHA.

“The meeting also aimes at presenting substantive inputs for future policy formulation. The deliberations and discussions in the two-day conference will be focused on various matters of importance including prosecution and evolving legal framework in counter-terrorism investigations, sharing of experiences and good practices, challenges and opportunities related to emerging technologies, international legal cooperation and strategies for dismantling terror ecosystem in various counter-terrorism theatres across India,” it added.

(ANI)