Amit Shah Launches PRAHAAR Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Extradition Portal at New Delhi Conference

Key facts

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the conference on 'PRAHAAR - CT Policy and Strategy' in New Delhi on September 29, 2026.
• PRAHAAR stands for seven pillars: Prevention, Response, Aggregating Internal Capacities, Human Rights, Attenuating Conditions for Terrorism, Aligning International Efforts, and Recovery and Resilience.
• Shah called for strengthening the PRAHAAR strategy through continuous analysis of terror incidents and establishing a concrete mechanism for the next 10 years.
• Shah said the government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi had adopted a zero-tolerance policy against all forms of terrorism.
• Shah launched a new 'extradition portal' to expedite bringing back fugitives from abroad and urged state police forces to set up dedicated fugitive-tracking teams.
• Between 2019 and 2026, the Modi government brought back 288 fugitive criminals to India from 36 countries.
• Improved inter-agency coordination helped bust more than 40 modules of the Shahzad Bhatti Network, allegedly involved in cross-border smuggling of weapons, explosives and narcotics.
• The conference was attended by the Union Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary, heads of Central Armed Police Forces and Central Police Organisations, Directors General of Police of 15 states, and ATS chiefs of all states and Union Territories.