SRINAGAR/JAIPUR: Jailed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has demanded an independent judicial inquiry into the September 24 firing in Leh, which left four people dead and over 70 wounded, and said he was prepared to remain in prison until the probe is conducted. In his first message from Jodhpur central jail, Wangchuk appealed to the people of Ladakh to maintain peace and unity while continuing their fight for statehood and Sixth Schedule status “in the true Gandhian way of non-violence”. “I stand firmly with Apex Body Leh, Kargil Democratic Alliance, and the people of Ladakh in our genuine constitutional demand for Sixth Schedule and statehood,” Wangchuk said in the message relayed by Mustafa Haji, legal advisor to the apex body. “Whatever actions Apex Body Leh takes in the interest

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