Police said Sonam Wangchuk was being taken to Jodhpur, says wife

After the arrest of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, on Friday, September 27, 2025, two days after his wife Gitangali Angmo’s Polish city Ladakh made a violent turn, the police were looking for the phone to tell Jodhpur to say that Mr. Wangchuk flew to Jodhpur in Rajasthan.

Mrs. Angmo said Hindu Hundreds of policemen arrived in the village of Uletokpo, about 60 km from Leh on Friday, September 26, 2025, and detained him in accordance with the National Security Law (NSA). Then, by phone, they told him that a copy of the detention order would be presented to the family soon.

Saying a senior government official Hindu The activist was detained within the scope of the NSA and no official explanation was made by the Ladakh Administration or the Ministry of Interior (MHA) on arrest.

Mha accused Mr. Wangchuk of making “provocative expressions ve and led to violence during the protests demanding states for the status of Ladakh and tribal under the sixth program of the Constitution on September 24th. After the protest was exacerbated, four people were killed in the police action.

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“Sonam is definitely not a threat to the public order. He protested the most peaceful and Gandhian road possible. It was a peaceful protest by Ladakhi youth. He was the security personnel who used tear gas and the youth began to stones and began to leave everything.

Mrs. Angmo is also the founding partner of the Institute of Alternative Research (HIAL), which was canceled last month.

‘He will prepare legal response’

He said that he has not yet received a copy of the official detention order, and when Mr. Wangchuk was detained as allegedly, he was not on his way to address a press conference. “After receiving a copy of the order, we will prepare the legal response,” he said.

The NSA ensures that an individual is detained for up to one year based on executive orders and is kept on the grounds that he prevented the national security threat in court or without being tried on the grounds of preventing the public order.

One day before his arrest, Mr. Wangchuk Hindu There were indicators that the authorities would be reserved under the “Draconian Public Security Law” (J & K), although they played a game of accusation and made it a “scapegoat” and was not afraid of being arrested.

“This is not the way to heal a wound; it will make the situation further aggravated; it will make young people even more angry. After all these to us … Unemployment for six years, for promises that are not met, now they blame me for everything,” he said.

LBA promises support for the activist

Cherring Dorjay Lakruk, President of the Effective Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA), said that Mr. Wangchuk has not yet received a clear picture of the conditions under custody.

Lakruk, “We will support him and we will expand the legal aid. Our legal team is working on it. Ladakh’dan sent,” he said. Hindu.

Mr. Lakruk is also the co-bag of the Leh Apex Organ (laboratory), which led the protests of demanding the ladakh and tribal status under the sixth program of the Constitution for the last five years, together with the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA).

Interview with MHA authorities postponed

The authority said the preliminary meeting with MHA officials on September 27-28 was postponed.

“The funeral of four people killed during the protests is planned on Sundays and Mondays and we can only meet MHA officials. Meanwhile, Mr. Wangchuk was arrested. We should decide the future action process,” he said.

As forbidden orders in the Leh, deciding on any street protests, Lakruk, “more people can be arrested and violated the prohibitive orders, we must be careful that they can put behind the bars.” He said.

On September 24, MHA accused Mr. Wangchuk of making “provocative expressions veren that triggered violence on September 24th and was injured to the death of four people and about 70 people. Mr. Wangchuk and 15 other people were on the 15th day of the 35 -day hunger strike on behalf of the laboratory when violence exploded.

The new protests arrived at a time when the Hill Council elections took place in Ladakh next month. In 2020, BJP won the elections. In 2019, Ladakh was carved as a union region of Jammu and Kashmir’s former state.

Published – 27 September 2025 12:20