SRINAGAR: Leh Apex Body (LAB), a grouping of religious and political organisations in Ladakh, rejected Monday government’s claims of normalcy in the region and accused authorities of harassing village heads (gobas) by summoning them for questioning “In our villages, gobas (nambardars) play a vital role. Nothing happens without their consent. When LAB began its hunger strike on September 10, village heads informed their villages about it. Now they are being summoned and questioned. We see this as an attack on our culture and will not accept it,” LAB co-chairman Chhering Dorje Lakruk said at a presser in Leh. Environmental activist and LAB member Sonam Wangchuk led the fast demanding Sixth Schedule status and statehood for Ladakh before the protests snowballed into violence on Sept 24,

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