US EditionIndian authorities impose security restrictions in remote Ladakh after deadly clashes
Protesters demanded statehood and constitutional protections amid escalating unrest that led to at least four deaths, over 70 injuries, and the imposition of curfew in Leh, officials said.
- At least four people were killed and over 70 others were injured during clashes in Leh town.
- The Leh Apex Body organized protests demanding statehood for Ladakh, which turned violent when protesters set fires to a BJP office and a police vehicle.
- In response, authorities banned gatherings of five or more people in Leh, highlighting frustrations over political representation since 2019.
- Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk called for peace, saying his message of a peaceful path failed.
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Activist Sonam Wangchuk arrested in Leh
Leh: Police on Friday arrested climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, two days after protests demanding Ladakh’s statehood and Sixth Schedule status left four people dead and 90 injured in the Union Territory. Wangchuk was taken into custody by a police party led by Ladakh Police chief S D Singh Jamwal at 2:30 pm, the officials said, adding that he has been shifted out of Ladakh. While there was no official word on the charges pressed against Wangchuk…
Sonam Wangchuk has been arrested by police following the violence in Ladakh. The arrest was made by a team of Ladakh police. Four people were killed and more than 90 injured in the protests in Ladakh. Following the arrest, mobile internet services have been suspended in Leh.
Congress Demands Judicial Inquiry into Killing of Four Youth in Ladakh
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. "My colleague Nawang Rigzin Jora has written to the Lt Governor of Ladakh UT demanding a judicial enquiry into the killings of four young men in the protests on September 24th," Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X. India News | Congress Demands Judicial Inquiry into Killing of Four Youth in Ladakh.
Anarchist Sonam Wangchuk Arrested After Deadly Leh Violence, Had Earlier Said “Sonam Wangchuk In Jail Will Be Equally, If Not More, Problematic” - The Commune
Leh Police on Friday arrested Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk as violent protests over statehood and Sixth Schedule demands escalated in the region. The clashes have claimed at least four lives and left over 90 people injured, officials confirmed. The protests, led jointly by Wangchuk, the Leh Apex Body and the Kargil Democratic Alliance, centre on demands for full statehood for Ladakh and constitutional safeguards under the Sixth Schedule. To pr…
India: 4 Dead in Protests over Ladakh Statehood
Click to expand Image Indian policemen patrol a road in Leh on September 25, 2025. © 2025 Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images (New York) – Police fired on and killed four people in Leh, the capital of India’s Himalayan region of Ladakh, on September 24, 2025, after protests over demands for statehood turned violent, Human Rights Watch said today.The authorities have imposed a curfew and reportedly detained at least 50 people after protesters cl…
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