India strongly rejected Turkish President Erdogan’s “objectionable” remarks on Jammu and Kashmir at the UNGA, reiterating it’s a strictly bilateral issue with Pakistan requiring no third-party mediation. New Delhi lodged a strong protest, emphasizing that such statements on India’s territorial integrity are unacceptable. India also highlighted Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism as the root cause of the problem.

Lashkar-e-Taiba is reportedly building Markaz Jihad-e-Aqsa in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after Operation Sindoor struck launchpads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The protests already caused deaths and arson and the state needed a strong action to show control and prevent further flare-up, say government sources