Internet services have been suspended in Leh after social activist Sonam Wangchuk was arrested on Friday, i.e., September 26, two days after violent protests in the town that claimed four lives and left at least 80 injured. Protestors clashed with the police and set the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office ablaze over their demands for restoring statehood in the Union Territory.

The Apex Body Leh, which is leading the protest for statehood for Ladakh, has distanced itself from the violence, saying their protest was peaceful. The organisation also dismissed Wangchuk's role in the violence. "Our movement will be peaceful and nonviolent to disseminate this, so we started prayers of all the religions. When Sonam Wangchuk started the Hunger Strike, a few people were there. We used to call peopl

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