The government recently fact-checked a viral video pertaining to Sonam Wangchuk's arrest, stating that the video showing Ladakh DGP Dr S D Singh claiming that the activist was arrested on the directions of the Indian Defence Minister without any evidence, as fake.

According to the Press Information Bureau's fact-check arm, the video was “digitally altered," and that the Ladakh DGP has made “no such statement.”

Take a look at the video here:

Ladakh statehood protests

Four people were killed and scores of others were injured on September 24 in clashes between protesters and security personnel, while over 50 people were taken into custody for their alleged involvement in rioting during the protests demanding statehood for Ladakh. Leh: Security personnel stand guard on a road amid curfew,

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