New Delhi, Sep 25: The Union Home Ministry on Thursday cancelled the FCRA licence of Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL), founded by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, with “immediate effect”, a government order said.

The action of the ministry was based on several alleged discrepancies detected in the accounts of the organisation, including a fund transfer from Sweden, which the ministry found was against “national interest”.

The development comes a day after four people were killed in widespread clashes between protesters supporting the movement for statehood to Ladakh and security personnel amid a shutdown in Leh. The government blamed Wangchuk for the mob violence.

The Wangchuk-led organisation was granted the licence to accept foreign contributions for unde

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