Ladakh violence: Sonam Wangchuk was arrested on Friday by a police group led by Ladakh Police chief S D Singh Jamwal and was later shifted to a jail in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, sources mentioned.
Sonam Wangchuk, the Ladakh statehood activist arrested on Friday below the stringent Nationwide Safety Act (NSA) after the violent protests within the Union territory left 4 individuals useless and dozens injured, has been shifted to a jail in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, sources mentioned.
Wangchuk was taken into custody at 2:30 pm by a police group led by Ladakh Police chief S D Singh Jamwal earlier within the day and later shifted to Jodhpur. He has been saved in a high-security cell with round the clock CCTV surveillance.
As a precautionary measure, the Union Territory administration has suspended cellular web companies within the Leh space.
Sonam Wangchuk’s position in Ladakh statehood protest
A outstanding voice for the Leh Apex Physique (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), Wangchuk has been on the forefront of a five-year-long agitation demanding statehood and constitutional safeguards for the individuals of Leh and Kargil, which grew to become a part of the Union Territory of Ladakh after being carved out of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019.
The BJP-led Centre has accused the local weather activist of instigating the latest violence in Leh, an allegation Wangchuk has firmly denied.
“To say it was instigated by me is to discover a scapegoat relatively than addressing the core of the issue, and this may lead us nowhere,” Wangchuk informed PTI on Thursday, including that the unrest mirrored the frustration of the area’s youth.
His arrest got here a day after the Union dwelling ministry revoked the Overseas Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) licence of the College students’ Academic and Cultural Motion of Ladakh (SECMOL), an organisation based by Wangchuk, citing alleged monetary irregularities and a fund switch thought of in opposition to “nationwide curiosity.”