New Delhi, July 26 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah has stressed the urgent need to establish a dedicated forum to combat the misuse of encrypted communication platforms by terrorist groups and emphasised the importance of coordinated efforts and concrete mechanisms to bring back fugitives involved in terrorism and smuggling from abroad.

Shah's direction came in the inaugural session of the two-day 8th National Security Strategies (NSS) Conference in New Delhi on Friday.

The conference was held in a hybrid format, combining physical and virtual modes, with approximately 800 officers from across the country participating and deliberating on various subjects related to national security.

The first day of the conference focused on the rol...