Jammu, Nov. 14 -- The lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, on Thursday strongly urged the civil society to stand up against terror sympathisers.

Addressing 19th convocation (second special convocation) of University of Jammu here, Sinha said that society must actively counter terrorism because it was a multifaceted challenge and society played a critical role in recognising and reporting suspicious terror activities and countering the radicalisation efforts.

"If the society doesn't stand up strongly against terrorists then it will become an existential threat for society and destroy its stability, peace and progress," he added.

The LG also emphasised upon identifying and segregating people, who provide shelter to terr...