Jailed activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali Angmo has trashed allegations of a “Pakistan link” and financial irregularities against him.

Terming the charge that Wangchuk incited the violence in Leh as “misplaced”, she said the “situation escalated” on September 24 due to the actions of the CRPF.

Police detained climate activist Wangchuk on Friday under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), two days after protests demanding Sixth Schedule status and statehood for Ladakh turned violent in Leh last Wednesday, claiming four lives and injuring 90 others.

Wangchuk, a key figure in the five-year-long agitation for Ladakh’s rights — whose detention drew strong reactions from different quarters — has been lodged in prison in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Talking to PTI over the phone, Angmo, th

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