The Ladakh administration on Tuesday defended before the Supreme Court climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980, saying he “had been indulging in activities prejudicial to the security of the state”.

Responding to Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali Angmo’s petition seeking his immediate release from detention, Leh District Magistrate Romil Singh Donk, who passed the September 26 detention order under the NSA, denied as “baseless” her allegation that her husband had been detained illegally and was being ill-treated during the detention.

The affidavit asserted that Wangchuk had been “lawfully detained under a lawful authority” after considering relevant material under Section 3(2) of the NSA.

“It is submitted that the above stated order of detention c

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