The district magistrate of Leh informed the Supreme Court Tuesday that activist Sonam Wangchuk “had been indulging in activities prejudicial to the Security of the State, Maintenance of Public Order and Services essential to the community…”.

The officer made the remarks in an affidavit filed before a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria, in response to his wife Gitanjali Angmo’s petition challenging his detention under The National Security Act, 1980.

“The order of detention came to be passed by me after duly considering the material placed before me, as mandated under law, and after arriving at a subjective satisfaction on the circumstances that prevailed within the local limits of the jurisdiction where…” said the officer.

“Wangchuk had been indulging in activities prejudic

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