Calling out the “systematic campaign unleashed against” detained Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk over “links with Pakistan and China”, his wife Gitanjali Angmo has told the Supreme Court that the charges are “baseless”. Angmo said the charges have been “floated with the sole object of defaming, maligning and discrediting his peaceful Gandhian movement” that aims to protect the ecology of Ladakh.

In her petition challenging the detention which will be heard Monday, Angmo said, “Along with the illegal detention of Shri Sonam Wangchuk, a systematic, untruthful and false campaign has been unleashed against him and his colleagues.”

The petition further states, “In particular, a blasphemous narrative suggesting links with Pakistan and China is being intentionally floated in certain quarters

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