Overview

• Speaking in Srinagar, Manoj Sinha said TRF messaging online can fuel real-world violence and called on residents to counter extremist narratives.
• He asserted major improvements in J&K’s security, claiming no surviving top commanders of major groups and only one local recruitment this year.
• He said street violence and stone throwing have ended, with schools, colleges and businesses functioning normally.
• Sinha accused Pakistan of waging a proxy war by radicalising people after failing to win direct conflicts with India.
• Media accounts quoted Sinha giving divergent death tolls from terrorism—“more than 40” in one report and “over 40,000” in another—reflecting inconsistency in figures cited.