Two days after protests in Leh demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh, the Union Territory administration has said the incident “could have been avoided” if climate activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk “could have risen above his personal and political ambitions by calling off the hunger strike”.

In a late-night statement on Friday, the UT’s Department of Information and Public Relations confirmed that Wangchuk has been detained under the National Security Act (NSA) and moved to Jodhpur Jail in Rajasthan, citing his actions as “prejudicial to the security of the State time and again”.

Wangchuk was detained from his village after the protests in Leh left four persons dead and nearly 100 injured.

“Time and again it has been observed that Shri Sonam Wangchuk has been

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