Detained climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk has sent out a message from Jodhpur Central Jail, where he is lodged under the National Security Act (NSA) , saying he is prepared to remain in custody until an independent judicial inquiry is ordered into the recent killings in Ladakh.

Wangchuk’s lawyer, Mustafa Haji, and his elder brother, Ka Tsetan Dorjey Ley, met him on Friday and conveyed his words to the people of Ladakh and the rest of the country.

“I am doing well, both physically and mentally, and thank everyone for their concern and prayers,” Wangchuk said in the statement.

Offering condolences to the families of those killed in the recent violence in Leh, he added, “My heartfelt condolences to the families of those people who lost their lives and my prayers w

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