Leh, Sept 28: Curfew remained in force in violence-hit Leh town for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday, as Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta prepared to chair a high-level security review meeting to decide on possible relaxation of restrictions, officials said.

The restrictions were imposed on Wednesday evening after widespread protests erupted during a shutdown called by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) to press for statehood and extension of the Sixth Schedule to Ladakh. Four people were killed and several others injured in the violence, while more than 50 individuals were arrested for alleged rioting. Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was detained under the National Security Act and shifted to Jodhpur jail in Rajasthan.

Authorities allowed a brief, four-hour phased relaxation of curfew in the

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