‘Pahalgam probe will put Pak in dock on intl forums’
Agencies across world will study Baisaran investigations
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Dec 26: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said that 40 kilograms of explosives was used in Red Fort blast while three tonnes of explosives was recovered before it could be detonated and entire team involved in conspriring this plot was apprehended before Delhi blast could take place.
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“Investigations into Pahalgam and Delhi blast cases are not examples of routine policing, but outstanding instances of watertight probe. They also serve as very significant example of how a constantly vigilant officer can save the country from such a massive crisis,” Shah said in his address after inauguration of two-day ‘Anti-Terrorism Conference-2025’ organized by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Ministry of Home Affairs, in New Delhi today.
He said the Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted an excellent investigation into the explosion that occurred in Delhi. The incident, he added, happened with the use of 40 kilograms of explosives while three tonnes of explosives were recovered before detonation.
“Our team has conducted a complete and successful investigation of Pahalgam terrorist attack, which agencies around the world will study in the coming days. Results of the investigation into Pahalgam attack will put Pakistan in the dock on international platforms,” the Home Minister said.
Twenty six civilians including 25 tourists and a local guide were killed in Baisaran Valley (Pahalgam) terror attack in Kashmir on April 22
Shah said the attack in Baisaran Valley shook the entire country. Through this attack, he asserted, the terrorists wanted to disrupt communal harmony in the country and deliver a blow to the new era of development and tourism that has begun in Kashmir.
However, the Home Minister said, based on extremely precise intelligence, our security forces neutralized all three terrorists involved in Pahalgam attack, delivering a stern message to Pakistan.
“This is the first terror incident in which the planners of terrorist act were punished by us through Operation Sindoor and those who carried out the act with the weapons provided to them were neutralized through Operation Mahadev,” he said, adding the Central Government, Indian security forces and people of the country have given a strong and befitting reply to Pakistan’s terrorist masters.
He said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of zero-tolerance against terrorism, the annual NIA conference has become a platform to deal with emerging threats. This conference is not merely a forum for discussion but actionable points emerge here and the NIA along with all related agencies of the States continuously work throughout the year towards their implementation. As a result, we are succeeding in building a strong anti-terrorism grid across the country, he added.
Asserting that the NIA conference is not just a medium to reiterate India’s resolve for security, the Home Minister said objective of the meeting is also to analyze all terrorist incidents that occurred in the country and the world in the past year along with the intelligence received about them besides enhancing our counter-terrorism capabilities accordingly.
“Landscape of terrorism in the world is now changing due to use of technology in terrorist incidents alongside technological advancements. We too must prepare to prevent this. It is the national responsibility of this conference to anticipate invisible future challenges and prevent them,” he said.
Asserting that database of terrorists and criminals should be made a core asset of zero-terror policy, Amit Shah said he expects the DGPs of the States to implement database framework in letter and spirit.
Earlier, Shah launched two databases – the Organized Crime Network Database and the Weapons Database for lost, looted & recovered arms – hosted by the NIA.
The databases are meant to be used by law enforcement agencies across the country.
The Home Minister said a new plan to launch “a 360-degree assault on organized crime” would be brought in the coming days, and that these databases would form “a core asset of the zero-terror policy.”
“Organized crime networks initially operate for the purpose of ransom and extortion, but when their leaders flee abroad and settle there, they automatically come into contact with terrorist organizations and then use the proceeds from ransom and extortion to spread terrorism within the country,” he said.
Every State must, under the guidance of the NIA and CBI, with the cooperation of the IB, and by utilizing this database, eliminate it within their jurisdiction, Shah said.
He said that everyone should move forward with the principle of ‘Duty to Share’ instead of ‘Need to Know.’
Central agencies and state police have made good use of technology at their level, but technology developed in silos and data collected in silos are like a gun without bullets, he said.
Shah said it is better if all data can communicate with each other and are created using the same technology.
“For this purpose, the Ministry of Home Affairs, NIA, and IB should hold discussions to develop a seamless national-level framework for technology and data, and should support the states in strengthening it,” he said.
He said the database of terrorists and criminals should be made a core asset of the zero-terror policy.
In the coming days, Shah said, the country would bring a plan to launch a “360-degree assault on organized crime.”
The Home Minister said a new standard of coordination, cooperation, and communication has been developed among the DGP Conference, Security Strategy Conference, N-CORD meetings, and the Anti-Terror Conference.
“We cannot view these four pillars in isolation; running through them as a common thread is the Anti-Terrorism Conference,” Shah said.
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