New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that terrorism is the most serious violation of human rights, and action against terrorism cannot contradict human rights.
Amit Shah said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which celebrated its 13th foundation day here, has taken no prisoners in its fight against terror funding, as well as against those who supported terrorism and were living peacefully within society.
Terrorism is the biggest curse for society, he said, adding that if there is any country that bore the maximum brunt of terrorism, it is India.
Some human rights groups raise the issue every time there is an anti-terror action, but I strongly believe that there cannot be a bigger human rights violation than terrorist acts.
"Action against terrorism cannot be contradictory to human rights. It is absolutely necessary to root out terrorism to protect human rights," Amit Shah said.
The home minister told the media that India has a zero-tolerance policy toward terrorism and is working to eradicate it.
In his words, the NIA had registered terror funding cases that are helping Jammu and Kashmir to root out terrorism.
Shah pointed out that earlier, there was no proper action taken against terror funding. In 2018, cases were registered against terror funding for the first time, and as a consequence, funding terrorism is more difficult in Jammu and Kashmir.
"In 2021-22, the NIA registered many cases which helped in destroying sleeper cells in Jammu and Kashmir. It has taken strong action against the logistics and supply chain and those who had helped terrorism and were living respectfully in society. They were exposed by the NIA and brought to justice. This is a big thing," he said.
"We have to root out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir. So, we have to destroy the mechanism of terror funding. Because of the terror funding cases of Jammu and Kashmir registered by the NIA, it has become very difficult now to provide funds for terror acts there," he added.