Leh: Hardening its stand following the killing of four protesters during clashes with security forces last week, the Leh Apex Body (LAB) on Monday, September 29, announced that it will stay away from talks with the High Powered Committee of the Home Ministry till normalcy is restored in Ladakh and a conducive atmosphere is created.

LAB Chairman Thupstan Chhewang made the announcement shortly after the fourth victim of the violence — a former army soldier — was cremated amid tight security in curfew-bound Leh.

The curfew, imposed last Wednesday, was relaxed for two hours at 4 PM in the entire town. There was no untoward incident reported from anywhere, officials said.

“We have unanimously agreed that the situation that is prevailing in Ladakh, keeping that in view, as long as peace is n

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