SRINAGAR: Ladakh’s internationally acclaimed climate activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, who inspired Aamir Khan’s character in the Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots, has been arrested under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), triggering an outpouring of political condemnation and sharp divisions between the Centre and the opposition. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

Wangchuk, 50, was detained from his village Ulyaktopo in Leh on Friday morning, two days after violent protests demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule constitutional safeguards rocked Ladakh, leaving four people dead and nearly 100 injured. Officials said he was flown out of Ladakh and lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail in Rajasthan, while internet services across Leh district were suspended to

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