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Shah Calls for Zero-Delay Counterterror Action, Launches Extradition Portal
Amit Shah said India’s agencies should respond to terrorism threats without unnecessary delays.
He wants an automated system to work at every level, including local police stations.
These ideas were discussed at a conference about India’s PRAHAAR counterterrorism strategy.
PRAHAAR covers preventing attacks, responding to threats, protecting rights and helping communities recover.
Shah also launched a portal to help government agencies coordinate when fugitives are detained in other countries.
The portal connects the home and external affairs ministries, the CBI and state agencies.
He asked state police to form special teams for extradition cases.
Shah said India had brought back 288 fugitive criminals from 36 countries between 2019 and 2026.
He also cited action against the Shahzad Bhatti network as an example of cooperation among agencies.
Amit Shah called for a zero-delay, automated response mechanism throughout India’s PRAHAAR counterterrorism framework.
The PRAHAAR conference emphasized coordination, continuous analysis of terror incidents and long-term counterterrorism planning.
A dedicated portal was launched to coordinate extradition efforts among central ministries, the CBI and state agencies.
Shah urged state police forces to create dedicated teams to work with central agencies on extradition cases.
The government said 288 fugitive criminals were brought back to India from 36 countries between 2019 and 2026.
- Who
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah, central agencies, state police forces and other senior security officials.
- What
- Shah called for an institutionalised automated counterterrorism response mechanism and launched a dedicated extradition portal.
- Where
- New Delhi, India, with some officials participating virtually.
- When
- The conference was held on Monday, September 28; the reported extraditions occurred between 2019 and 2026.
- Why
- To ensure faster, coordinated and results-oriented action against terrorism and to streamline efforts to return fugitives from abroad.
Key facts
- Conference
- PRAHAAR – CT Policy and Strategy
- PRAHAAR pillars
- Prevention, Response, Aggregating Internal Capacities, Human Rights, Attenuating Conditions for Terrorism, Aligning International Efforts, and Recovery and Resilience.
- Automated response
- Shah called for an automated response mechanism at every level of the counterterrorism framework, including the police-station level.
- Extradition portal
- The portal brings together the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, Central Bureau of Investigation and state agencies.
- Reported extraditions
- The government said 288 fugitive criminals were brought back to India from 36 countries between 2019 and 2026.
- Shahzad Bhatti network
- More than 40 alleged modules were dismantled, over 100 FIRs were registered and 350 people were arrested across 15 states, according to Shah.
- Conference participants
- Participants included central security leaders, police chiefs from 15 states and Anti-Terrorism Squad chiefs from states and Union territories.
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