Days after violence escalated in Ladakh over the longstanding demands for statehood and inclusion in the Sixth Schedule, climate activist Sonam Wagchuk was detained by the police in Leh under the National Security Act (NSA) on Friday. As per a statement issued by the Leh administration, he has been taken to a jail in Jodhpur.

Earlier, the police had detained around 50 people, with the Union government blaming Wangchuk, who is the most prominent face of the mass agitation, for “provoking" the youth.

On 24 September, Leh district of Ladakh witnessed deadly violence, leaving four civilians dead and over 80 injured. This was for the first time in six years of Ladakh’s struggle for constitutional safeguards that the movement turned violent, marking a major shift in its trajectory.

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